Boxing Day at Long Point Light
On Boxing Day we hiked out to Long Point Light in Provincetown, MA. Long Point Light is located on the very tip of Cape Cod and guards the entrance to Provincetown Harbor. It is located in the Province Lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Parking for Long Point is available at Pilgrim’s First Landing Park (Click the [...]
Bangtail Hike 12.4.2011
Last Monday I took a quick hike up into the Bangtail Range to scout out locations for the recent lunar eclipse. The Bangtails are a small rolling range that sits across Bridger Canyon from the much taller Bridger Mountains. My plan was to find a place to camp out for the night where I would [...]
Short Hike to the M
What a difference in Montana this fall. About a year ago I played hooky from class and hiked up to the top of the ridge below Mt. Baldy. There was about three feet of snow on the ridge and more falling as I was hiking. This year there was absolutely no snow…and it hit about [...]
Hiking Sacagawea
So, finally, after three attempts, I summited Sacajawea. My father and I have tried, my mother and I have tried, and Alex and I have tried. All three times turned back by snow. Well, I made it this time. Here’s the GPS tracks. The full image gallery is here. Summary stats for the hike from [...]
Outdoor Pursuits Photography Contest
The Outdoor Pursuits floor of Roskie Hall runs a photography contest every year, sponsored by Outside Bozeman and several shops around town. My six entries are below. Yeah! Photo: David Howland Skier: Sam Willits Alex Photo: David Howland Skier: Alex Davis Looming Photo: David Howland Strangled Photo: David Howland Circle Photo: David Howland Hiking Photo: [...]
Hiking Around Sacagawea
Veteran’s Day my father and I had another assault on Sacagawea planned. The first trip up got stuck on the road up to the mountain. Literally. This second trip, we parked the car before we got stuck, and hiked up to the Fairy Lake trailhead. We decided, given the snow depth, that we didn’t have [...]
Second Round of Pictures from The M
These two are the second round of pictures from last night at the M. Not the best shots, but they still came out kind of cool. The camera got picked up and moved in the middle of the exposure. I like the “cloud city” effect, but it’s too bad it’s so blurry. This picture just [...]
I Might As Well Call This Post “I Need A Tripod”
Alex and I hiked up to the M tonight with the goal of getting lost. We figured it was a safe place to tramp around in the woods because we could always hike directly downhill and end up at a house or a road or something. Plus, we could see Bozeman from anywhere we were. [...]
Bridger Ridge Hike
Facing a rather desolate and gloomy week (Lab on Wednesday, classes until 9pm on Thursday with a bonus Economics midterm thrown in for fun) I decided to blow off studying and packing and go for a hike. My goal was 8914′ Baldy Mountain, the first mountain visible along the Bridger Range from Bozeman. The trail [...]
Late September
Late September has been awesome here in Bozeman. The weather finally cooled off and the wind has been blowing incessantly. Great weather for hiking, camping, and bridge jumping. A distinct chill of winter is in the air. This shot was taken on our return trip to Lava Lake. We also returned to the bridge in [...]
To The Tip Top House
I’d like to post the first piece of writing that I’ve done about the outdoors. This was written in the fall of 2008 and a college essay, and it turned into a piece that I really liked. This is the kind of writing that I’d like to be able to produce: writing which conveys the [...]
Lava Lake
Tucker, Chase, Tim, and I did our first “real” Bozeman area hike today. The trail to Lava Lake is about three miles each way, with 1600 vertical feet of elevation gain. It’s a tough hike, but totally worth it. We took our time on the way up, stopping to wade/fall into the stream that follows [...]
