Outdoor Adventures

Backpacking, wilderness canoeing, mountain climbing, and winter mountaineering

The slide presentations that follow show the charm and the challenge of nature in all its glory: from rugged deserts to cragged mountains to the incomparable solitude of wild, remote rivers that exist in pristine beauty without human habitation.

Backpacking

• Arizona:
• Grand Canyon - several exciting routes are available:
• South Rim
• Boucher Trail
• Bright Angel and Kaibab Trails
• Elves Chasm route and Bass Trail
• Havasupai area
• North Rim
• Deer Creek and Thunder River
• Shinumo Amphitheater and Modred Abyss
• Arizona and Colorado:
• Potpourri of Anasazi ruins, pictographs, and petroglyphs
• (including Mesa Verde)
• California: Yosemite
• Hawaii: Volcano National Park
• Montana: Glacier National Park
• New York:
• Adirondack Mountains
• Catskill Mountains
• Oregon and California: the volcano corridor, including:
• Crater Lake, Lava Beds, Mt. Shasta, and Lassen Volcanic Park
• Pennsylvania:
• Adirondack Trail potpourri
• Delaware Water Gap and Mt. Kittatinny
• Utah:
• Bryce Canyon
• Canyonlands
• Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River
• Grand Gulch and Natural Bridges
• Uinta Mountains (including King’s Peak)
• Zion Canyon
• Utah and Arizona - Pariah Canyon and Buckskin Gulch

Wilderness Canoeing

• Labrador: George River
• Maine: St. Johns River
• Northwest Territories: Nahanni River
• Quebec - several exciting rivers to choose from:
• Chibougamou
• Du Chef
• Mistassini
• Moisie
• Petawawa
• Texas: Rio Grande and Santa Elena Canyon

Mountain Climbing

• Arizona: San Francisco Peaks
• Colorado:
• Crestone Needle and Humboldt Peak (Sangre de Cristo Mountains)
• Long's Peak (Rocky Mountains)
• Washington: Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Olympus

Winter Mountaineering

• New Hampshire: Mt. Washington
• New York: Mt. Marcy
• Vermont: Mt. Mansfield