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Kevin Smith on the North East Ridge Route of North Maroon Peak. (09-27-2008)
- This website was designed to give you the opportunity to experience some of the views and sights that I have witnessed while hiking primarily in Idaho and Colorado. Hopefully you will enjoy browsing through some of the photos, statistics, and descriptions of trips that I have posted.
- I am essentially a fair weather day hiker with only the occasional backpacking trip. Most of the hikes I have done can be completed in a day. If you are looking for technical rock or ice climbing, you are in the wrong place. I will say that my hiking has definitely evolved over the years. I started out with short hikes to lakes and low peaks. At the end 2002, my focus shifted to peak bagging. I'm still peak bagging, but in addition to trail hiking and scrambling, I have now added some snow climbs and winter hikes to my resume.
- My main guide for the hikes in North Idaho was a book by Rich Landers called "100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest". This book contains driving and hiking directions for trails mainly in the panhandle of Idaho. The principal guide book used for southern and eastern Idaho was "Idaho: A Climbing Guide" by Tom Lopez. I am now utilizing Gerry Roach's books titled "Colorado's Fourteeners" and "Colorado's Thirteeners".
- This web is by no means an all inclusive guide for locating any of these trails. It is more of a personal journal that organizes the hikes in chronological order rather than by location, region, or difficulty. I give vague directions with intentions of offering only a general overview. However, specific statistics regarding mileage and elevation gain are available along with many maps.
- I'll be the first to admit that my photos don't always do justice to the areas that I have been to. In addition, by not having to do the work to get to these locations, it may be even more difficult to fully appreciate them. I'm just warning you that most of my photos aren't exactly Ansel Adams material.
- James Just