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 Canyon. Despite the day darkening, we were all giddy with excitement to start our next […]
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 stands out in particular. The morning started like most others had around that time in
HMI Gap Blog by Molly Grand and Abby Sieler The first two weeks of HMI Gap in the American West have been filled with LOTS of walking. We began at Sugarloafin’ Campground, where we had Orientation and learned how to set up a Whisperlite stove and a Mid Tent, divide up rations and pack our
Written by: Russell, Nick, & Annika We woke up to gloom and grey. We’d camped at South Willow Stream the night before, on the flanks of Mount Massive. After cooking breakfast in the rain, we started out on our longest day of hiking yet: 6 miles through the hail and rain. The showers of rain,
We are very pleased to report the successful completion of our Spring 2021 high school semester (HMI Semester 46) and Gap programming. HMI Gap students departed from Leadville on May 13; HMI Semester students departed on May 23. Semester 46 poses after the “Cabin Showdown Throwdown” competition in March The 49 students of HMI Semester
Part 1 Written by Ellie and Jonah and Part 2 by Georgia S Trek 1 Canyons: Part 1 Our first expedition in the canyons of Utah (near Moab) brought us lots of sun, rappelling, and brownie scramble. Very unlike our last expedition in Leadville, we spent most days in shorts and a t-shirt. For the
S Trek 1’s Winter Trip Blog! Written by Claire and Ben, STrek 1 After about a week of front country living, we were all itching to get outside again. As we embarked on the winter expedition, we learned to pack sleds, make water from snow, dig a winter kitchen, and take care of ourselves and
Written by Hazel, S-Trek 2 We began our last expedition by “running” Fry Canyon– a deep slot canyon with a required repel. It was a gorgeous day, and we were excited to be walking again after a couple of weeks of skiing and climbing. Fry Canyon rappel is thirty feet into a pool of water,
Written by Douglas, Krain and Hazel This expedition began with our drive from Leadville to Moab. We set up our base camp at a group site right on the banks of the Colorado River with the view of the sandstone hills spreading out in front of us. We got back into climbing with some top
5:00 am Hazel, Yael, and Chaney wage the greatest battle in the prank war to date. Their weapon was unknowingly gifted to them by their foes. In the dead of night, they steal the Instructors’ food bags, toss an avalanche beacon in each, and bury them in the snow. 7:00 am Courtney, Virginia, and Chaney
