My Year of Hiking: 2017
MY YEAR OF HIKING: 2017
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/01
DATE: January 14, 2017
NAME: Windows and Double Arch
PLACE: Arches National Park - Utah
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/02
DATE: January 15, 2017
NAME: Delicate Arch
PLACE: Arches National Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 3 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4606 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 550 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/03
DATE: January 15, 2017
NAME: Sandstone Arch
PLACE: Arches National Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 0.3 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/04
DATE: January 16, 2017
NAME: Tower Arch
PLACE: Arches National Park - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.6 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 5255 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 290 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/05
DATE: February 18, 2017
NAME: Gold Bar (Jeep) Arch
PLACE: Potash Road - Moab - Utah
DISTANCE: 3.7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4989 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1025 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and Becky
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/06
DATE: February 19, 2017
NAME: Morning Glory Bridge
PLACE: Grandstaff Canyon - Moab - Utah
DISTANCE: 4.65 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4315 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 200 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and Becky
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/07
DATE: February 20, 2017
NAME: Mesa Arch
PLACE: Canyonlands National Park - Island in the Sky District - Utah
DISTANCE: 0.6 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6099 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 38 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/08
DATE: June 04, 2017
NAME: South Fork Baker Creek/Timber Creek Loop
PLACE: Great Basin National Park - Snake Range - Nevada
DISTANCE: 5.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION GAIN: 1666 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/09
DATE: July 22, 2017
NAME: Stella Lake Hike
PLACE: Great Basin National Park - Nevada
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 10400 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 600 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/09
DATE: July 23, 2017
NAME: Stella Lake Hike
PLACE: Great Basin National Park - Nevada
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 10400 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 600 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, and the Morgan-Mace’s
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/10
DATE: August 05, 2017
NAME: Bald Mountain
PLACE: Bald Mountain Trailhead - Uinta Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 2.7 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 11948 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1250 feet
NOTES: Second summit of Bald Mountain; First summit of 2017
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/11
DATE: August 27, 2017
NAME: Cecret Lake
PLACE: Brighton Ski Resort - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 1.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 9875 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 300 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Ceci
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/12
DATE: September 06, 2017
NAME: Lake Blanche
PLACE: Mill B Trailhead - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 6.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 8920 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 2700 feet
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/13
DATE: September 10, 2017
NAME: Mount Superior and Monte Cristo
PLACE: Alta - Little Cottonwood Canyon - Wasatch Mountains - Utah
DISTANCE: 5.76 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 11118 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 2459 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah and Alisa
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/14
DATE: October 07, 2017
NAME: Horsethief Lake
PLACE: Custer State Park - Black Hills - South Dakota
DISTANCE: 2.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 4905 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 1102 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah, Ceci, Laurie, and Bob
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/15
DATE: December 10, 2017
NAME: General Grant
PLACE: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 0.3 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/16
DATE: December 10, 2017
NAME: Buena Vista Peak
PLACE: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 2 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 7605 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 400 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/17
DATE: December 11, 2017
NAME: General Sherman
PLACE: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 0.5 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6919 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/18
DATE: December 11, 2017
NAME: Big Trees
PLACE: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 1.3 miles roundtrip
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKE NUMBER: 2017/19
DATE: December 11, 2017
NAME: Moro Rock
PLACE: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
DISTANCE: 3.8 miles roundtrip
ELEVATION: 6725 feet
ELEVATION GAIN: 300 feet
JOINED BY: Sarah
HIKING STATS: 2017
NUMBER OF HIKES IN 2017: 19
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED IN 2017: 04
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE IN 2017: 54.1 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN IN 2017: 13600 feet
OVERALL HIKING STATS
NUMBER OF HIKES OVERALL: 317
NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS CLIMBED OVERALL: 89
NUMBER OF U.S. STATE HIGH PEAKS OVERALL: 07
NUMBER OF UTAH COUNTY HIGH POINTS OVERALL: 20
TOTAL KNOWN DISTANCE OVERALL: ~1062 miles
TOTAL KNOWN ELEVATION GAIN OVERALL: ~287675 feet