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Big Mountain to Beer Bar: A City Creek Canyon Expedition

October 18, 2019 by Amiee

We’ve been talking about this run for at least three years. It was one of those runs I talked about doing all the time, but never actually planned it and then somehow find myself welted up from stinging nettle calling my husband for a rescue at the bottom of City Creek on a random Saturday…

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Filed Under: The Mountains, Trail Running Mountains Tagged With: Microadventures, Salt Lake City, Trail Running, Utah

2018 & The Year of 100 Summits

October 15, 2019 by Amiee

Mid-October seems like the perfect time for some end of 2018 reflection! I am a total sucker for yearly goals especially when they pertain to mountains and other outdoorsy pursuits. Perhaps that is why 2019 has been a bit of a downer. No goals. As for 2018, I set a doozy and set out to…

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Filed Under: Hiking, The Mountains Tagged With: Goals, Mountains

Hiking Mt. Tukuhnikivatz – MunRoo #6

September 11, 2018 by Amiee

“Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike…

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Filed Under: MunRoos, The Mountains Tagged With: Cows, La Sal Mountains, Moab, Munroo Bagging, Peak Bagging, The MunRoos, Utah

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 6 – The North Coast of Scotland

January 18, 2018 by Amiee

“I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men’s bones.” ~Liam O Flaithearta Since the aftermath of Tropical Storm Aileen was pummeling the Isle of Skye and the rest of the Hebrides, I headed to the northeast corner of Scotland where sunnier…

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Filed Under: The Mountains Tagged With: 2017 Euro-Adventure, Europe, European Adventures, Scotland

Cross-Country Skiing Grand Teton National Park

January 17, 2018 by Amiee

Considering the lackluster snow conditions in Utah, we fled north to the land of near normal snow pack, Jackson, Wyoming, for Martin Luther King weekend. Winter is my absolute favorite time to visit Grand Teton National Park, odds are you won’t run into any other visitors, the wildlife is much more active, and the Tetons…

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Filed Under: The Mountains Tagged With: Cross-Country Skiing, Dog Adventures, Grand Teton National Park, National Park Dogs, National Parks, Nordic Skiing, Skiing National Parks, Wyoming

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 5 – Isle of Skye, Scotland

January 10, 2018 by Amiee

While spending a week in Scotland, I kept getting whopped over the head with these eerie senses of deja vu. Either I had spent too much time looking through photos of these places or there is some sort of collective memory stored in my blood. Scotland was like coming home! The day before arrive in…

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Filed Under: Featured, Hiking, The Adventures, The Mountains Tagged With: Europe, European Adventures, Featured, Isle of Skye, Scotland, The Hebrides

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 4 – Malcesine/Lake Garda, Italy

December 8, 2017 by Amiee

Malcesine, a small cobblestone village on the eastern short of Lake Garda, was the perfect finale to our 2017 Italian Avventura. We went from freezing, snowy mountains to freezing, rainy palm trees and beaches. We rolled into Malcesine just in time for sunset and wandered the charming cobblestone streets choosing the world’s worst pizzeria for…

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Filed Under: The Mountains Tagged With: 2017 Euro-Adventure, Europe, European Adventures, Italy, Lake Garda

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 3 – Chamonix, France

November 28, 2017 by Amiee

Although it broke my heart to leave the Dolomites after only 4 days, I wanted to show Fritz Chamonix, which so captured my heart five years earlier. My reward for recovering from my first FAI surgery was a 2-week trip to Chamonix to hike the Tour du Mont Blanc. It was my first solo trip…

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Filed Under: The Mountains, Trail Running Mountains Tagged With: 2017 Euro-Adventure, Chamonix, Europe, European Adventures, France

The MunRoos: Hiking Utah’s 10,000+ Foot Peaks

November 16, 2017 by Amiee

On my recent trip to Scotland, I became fascinated with the Scot’s quest for bagging Munros. A Munro is a mountain in Scotland measuring over 3,000 feet above sea level and there are 282 of them. The Munro’s are named after Sir Hugh Munro who first compiled the list in 1891, however he never completed the list himself….

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Filed Under: Hiking, The Mountains Tagged With: Peak Bagging, The MunRoos, Utah, Utah Hiking, Utah Travel

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 2 – Val Gardena, Italy

November 14, 2017 by Amiee

I had been staring at photos of the Val Gardena area for the past year, so to be there felt absolutely surreal. My first two trips to the Dolomites centered around exploring Cortina, Alta Badia, and Tre Cime de Laverado, but HOLY WOW, who knew the real jewel was Val Gardena?!? Day 1 Val Gardena…

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Filed Under: Featured, Hiking, The Adventures, The Mountains, Trail Running Mountains Tagged With: 2017 Euro-Adventure, Dolomites, Dolomites Hiking, Dolomites Trail Running, Italy

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I still don’t quite understand how one can “ow I still don’t quite understand how one can “own” a bazillion years of geological time 🤔
New obsession, desert ice! New obsession, desert ice!
Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get used to these average Monday morning run views (not a fan of how close he gets to the edge though).
Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the dese Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the desert this winter. Guess I don’t have to 🤷🏼‍♀️
Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the other week. She said she learned those moves watching Ninja Warriors 😂 We then ticked off another of her bucket list items and had dinner at @hellsbackbonegrill (holy moly carrot cupcake desert, no photos cuz we enjoyed every second!). Now she just needs to buy a horse or at least find one to borrow and her winter in the desert will be complete (although she still has four more months here)!
Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing t Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing today. Hotel tomorrow 😜
A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live h A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live here 🌵🍂 💛
When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @sto When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @stormykromerofficial masks and only one of them is wearing it appropriately...
Last night we played bananagrams and I only used f Last night we played bananagrams and I only used flower words. I did not win 🤷🏼‍♀️, yet I did 🎨 💐!
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