By Devon and Carter. Ah, the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. Our final expedition of this program was jam-packed with both fun and challenging days. As we rolled into the wilderness refuge we quickly became acquainted with a slightly malicious species of …
By Annika and Page After a few restful days in cabins at Friendly Pines camp, we headed to Snow Canyon State Park in St. George, Utah—to a campsite that had showers! But not before we prepared and enjoyed an incredible …
by Eliot Nebolsine & Katie Loomis-Adams Section 1: Paria Canyon After finishing up a lovely transition in Blanding, Utah, we packed up the bus and drove to White House trailhead ready to hike the Paria Canyon! Permitting in Paria is …
F-Rock. By Isabel Lucas F-Rock has spent the last 10 days exploring the Cochise Stronghold of southern Arizona. After an eventful approach in our bus and trailer, which involved shoveling and help from campground neighbors, we made it to our …
Traverse – HMI Gap Blog by Molly Grand and Sam Adgate We started off in St. George by picking up our instructor Sam from the airport (which may or may not have involved our bus being a bit too tall…) …
By Alex Rabin and Emma Mitchell On November 9th we set out on our fourth expedition of the fall semester; a 5-day rafting trip on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon! We started the expedition by meeting our guides, …
Rock Semester By Page and Sophie Our trip to the Canyons had a less than auspicious beginning–due to navigational difficulties, two of the three hiking groups had to tack on an extra four miles of walking on the road and …
Trek Semester Written by Noah and Annika. When one imagines the desert here is a typical scene that comes to mind: endless golden dunes of sand, minimal water except for perhaps the tiny blue-green island of an oasis, a desolate wasteland: Bears Ears …
By Norah Adler, Joey Biehl and Liana Eisner. The place: Jacob’s chair region of Bear’s Ear’s National Monument. The time: “spooky season.” The people: stoked! It was around 8pm when we rolled into Gravel Crossing–a parking lot off of Gravel …
When we departed Tennessee Pass on September 24th, we could not have predicted the conversations, laughs, and challenges ahead of us. Although our Trek community grew a little stronger every day, our 6 mile hike from Timberline to Virginia Lake …