Past Trips

(Note 11/25/14: This trip was announced at the Nov. 19th Mountaineers meeting the old-fashioned way, by announcement to those who were there, and the Moab Retreat House is filling quickly. There remain various options in the house, including a nice bedroom that is available Saturday-Wednesday, one of the family rooms, the infamous Murphy bed, etc.)

I've been hearing what great place this is to climb, so let's go climb there. Here is the information about the area and how to get there, http://www.mountainproject.com/v/little-river-wall/109281674.

Let's take a hike in Bandelier's backcountry, to see some lovely ruins and petroglyphs.

(The trip will be a hard hike if you are in moderate shape and it will be a moderate hike if you are in good shape)

This trip is a bicycle ride on paved roads from Jemez Springs to the Gilman Tunnels and back.  The Gilman tunnels are located in the most scenic section of the Guadalupe River Box.  These tunnels were originally blasted out of the rock in the 1920's for a logging railroad.

As my friends know, I cannot get enough of the canyon country, and am planning our fall trip even though our spring trip is a still couple of months away. This will be a mid-October expedition, the finest time of the year, to the junction of Silver Falls Canyon and the Escalante River in Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, supported by our favorite llama packer, BJ Orozco of Llama 2 Boot. This is the same destination as a wonderful trip that we took in the fall of 2002.

I am very sorry to say that I am cancelling our Ute Mountain trip due to a foot injury that I suffered last Thursday.  It appears to be healing nicely, but I feel that Ute Mountain would be too much for me as I have been cautiously hiking everyday since the accident to allow an accurate judgement.

Today Sept 29, 2015 was Judgement Day!

Canyoneering in Zion National Park

(A 2015 trip of the Los Alamos Mountaineers)

Pre-Trip Training: TBD (Two Days)

Trip to Zion National Park: October 1st - October 6th

Trip Leader: Dan Creveling (plus many people helping!)

LA Mountaineers - free popcorn/drink combo - this Sunday at the Reel Deal Theater (Los Alamos) at 7 pm, for the new movie, Everest.  Tickets available at 6:30 at the theater.  

Know someone who wants to join the LA Mountaineers - they get into the movie for free!

See you there.  

Climbing in 11 Mile Canyon, south of Lake George, Co.  This trip is geared for the new Graduates of the LAM Climbing School.  As this is the third time this trip is posted, it's entirely possible that the new Graduates will die of old age before this trip has a completion date. I'll need several lead climbers to help me make the new (old) climbers feel right at home, please contact me for bribes (I mean, "inducements to lead").