My Year of Hiking: 2016
MY YEAR OF HIKING: 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/01
DATE: March 05, 2016
NAME: Little Mountain
PLACE: Wasatch Mountains - Utah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/02
DATE: March 14, 2016
NAME: Condor Gulch
PLACE: Pinnacles National Park - California
DISTANCE: 2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION GAIN: 1065 feet
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/03
DATE: March 15, 2016
NAME: Vernal Falls
PLACE: Yosemite National Park - California
DISTANCE: 3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3327 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1000 feet
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/04
DATE: March 20, 2016
NAME: Church Fork
PLACE: Millcreek Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/05
DATE: June 12, 2016
NAME: Neffs Canyon
PLACE: Neffs Canyon Trailhead - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/06
DATE: June 26, 2016
NAME: Lake Mary Hike
PLACE: Brighton Ski Resort - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9548 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 784 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/07
DATE: July 03, 2016
NAME: Moccasin Lake
PLACE: Uinta Mountains - Utah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/08
DATE: July 10, 2016
NAME: Deseret Peak
PLACE: Mill Fork Canyon - Stansbury Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 7.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 11035 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 3613 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: Second summit of Deseret Peak; First summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/09
DATE: August 06, 2016
NAME: Weston Lake
PLACE: Congaree National Park - South Carolina
DISTANCE: 4.7 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/10
DATE: August 07, 2016
NAME: Sassafras Mountain
PLACE: Appalachian Mountains - South Carolina
DISTANCE: 2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3553 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Sassafras Mountain; Highest peak in South Carolina; Second summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/11
DATE: August 08, 2016
NAME: Mount Mitchell
PLACE: Appalachian Mountains - North Carolina
ELEVATION: 6684 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Mount Mitchell; Highest peak in North Carolina; Third summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/12
DATE: August 08, 2016
NAME: Clingman’s Dome
PLACE: Great Smokey Mountains National Park - Appalachian Mountains - Tennessee
DISTANCE: 1.3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6643 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 360 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Clingman’s Dome; Highest peak in Tennessee; Fourth summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/13
DATE: August 09, 2016
NAME: Brasstown Bald
PLACE: Appalachian Mountains - Georgia
DISTANCE: 1 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4784 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 500 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Brasstown Bald; Highest peak in Georgia; Fifth summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/14
DATE: September 03, 2016
NAME: South Tent Mountain
PLACE: Wasatch Plateau - Utah
DISTANCE: 3.6 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 11286 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1341 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and Reina
NOTES: First summit of South Tent Mountain; Utah High County Peak (Sanpete); Sixth summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/15
DATE: September 16, 2016
NAME: Bear Butte
PLACE: Black Hills - South Dakota
DISTANCE: 3.7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4426 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 900 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, Laurie, and Bob
NOTES: First summit of Bear Butte; Seventh summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/16
DATE: December 09, 2016
NAME: Maze/Windows Loop
PLACE: Joshua Tree National Park - California
DISTANCE: 7.2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4280 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 400 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/17
DATE: December 09, 2016
NAME: Pine City
PLACE: Joshua Tree National Park - California
DISTANCE: 4.2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4800 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 500 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/18
DATE: December 09, 2016
NAME: Mastodon Peak
PLACE: Joshua Tree National Park - California
DISTANCE: 3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3440 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 375 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Mastodon Peak; Eighth summit of 2016
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/19
DATE: December 10, 2016
NAME: North View Trail
PLACE: Joshua Tree National Park - California
DISTANCE: 1.8 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2016/20
DATE: December 11, 2016
NAME: Sandstone Peak
PLACE: Los Angeles - Santa Monica Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 6.25 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 3114 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1100 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
NOTES: First summit of Sandstone Peak; Ninth summit of 2016
HIKING STATS: 2016
NUMBER OF HIKES IN 2016: 20
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED IN 2016: 09
NUMBER OF UTAH COUNTY HIGH POINTS IN 2016: 02 (Tooele and Sanpete)
NUMBER OF U.S. STATE HIGH PEAKS IN 2016: 04 (South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia)
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE IN 2016: ~53.85 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN IN 2016: ~11938 feet
OVERALL HIKING STATS
NUMBER OF HIKES OVERALL: 298
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED OVERALL: 85
NUMBER OF U.S. STATE HIGH PEAKS OVERALL: 07
NUMBER OF UTAH COUNTY HIGH POINTS OVERALL: 20
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE OVERALL: ~1008.25 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN OVERALL: ~274075 feet