The AP reports Zion National Park is not issuing permits for its popular Narrows Trail because of run off from this season’s heavy snow.
Read the rest of this entry »
Highpointers
- Jakk Longacre “Last 50 Steps” Tour of Highpoints
- Bob Mitchler (1920-2012)
- Apex to Zenith Issue #97 Second Quarter 2012
- 2012 Oregon Convention Registration and Information (Updated in April 2012)
- Mike Bayer’s Gannett Epic Climb Video
- Signed Copy of “Everest: Summit of Achievement” in Highpointers Foundation Silent Auction Deadline April 12
- Issue #96 of “Apex to Zenith” First Quarter 2012
- 2012 Access Dates for Illinois
- Cops on Top 2012 Summits for Heroes Seeks to Climb All 50 States on June 30
- Issue #95 of “Apex to Zenith” Fourth Quarter 2011
- Bill Strickland (1921-2011)
- Rhode Island Buying Jerimoth Hill summit
- Highpointers Foundation Auction for Signed Henrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet Book Ends January 23, 2012
- Frank Ashley Award Ceremony for Sid Collins in South Carolina
- Vandals Heavily Damage Mount Sunflower
- Virginia Television Interview of Adam Wood About the Club
- Oklahoman Interview of Larry Floyd on “Oklahoma Hiking Trails”
- Kristen Kelliher is Youngest Female Completer (17)
- Issue #94 of “Apex to Zenith” Third Quarter 2011
- Doug Urban Talks About Dairy and Highpointing
Tags
***Top Stories***
7 Summits
Accidents
Adventures
Alaska
Animals
Arizona
Arkansas
Asia
Avalanches
Books
British Isles
California
Canada
Colorado
Dogs
Europe
Everest
Fatal
General
Hawaii
Helicopter Rescues
Highpoint (States) News
Highpoint News (world)
Idaho
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
Multimedia
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Offbeat
Oregon
Records
States
Technology
Tennessee
Trip Reports
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Wyoming
Forums
Highpointers Club
Links
News
Summit Guides
Meta
Spatial News reports the USGS has issued it first list of 169 U.S. volcanoes that need to be monitored through its National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) .
Read the rest of this entry »
Arizona Central reports hypothermia is suspected as reason two Brigham Young University students attempt to swim Choprock Canyon and wound up drown at the Egypt Trailhead in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Thompson at the University of New Hampshire has an elegant and comprehensive description website about the geology of the highpoints of each state.
David Rose has a guidebook to climbing Utah’s Thirteeners. His web page which lists the mountains also has a summit log and where you can buy the book.
Read the rest of this entry »
KSL-TV reports Scott Berneau fell 35 feet off a rock ledge while hiking hiking north of the boat docks along the Colorado River in Moab. He had been hiking with friends who had turned back prior to the accident.
Aaron Maizlish has an amazing peaklist.org site discussing prominence (the distance from the highest point to the next highest point). The most spectacular examples of these are the peaks where you have could have a at least 5,000 foot vertical climb (there’s even peaks in the East where you can do that!). The site also lists dramatic vertical climbs throughout the world and lesser climbs in many states.
Read the rest of this entry »
The Sun Times reports Mark Thomas rode an avalanche feet first down Mount Nebo for 1,000 feet and survived with minor scratches.
Mountainclimb.com has great collection of pewter benchmarks of highpoints.
Read the rest of this entry »
County Highpoints is the defacto website and forum for highpointers. Once you visit the 50 states, you’ve caught the bug and next logical spot are the 3,500+ county highpoints.
Read the rest of this entry »