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The HIKE WEEK train keeps on rolling today with a visit to one of Vermont’s most revered peaks: Camel’s Hump. Much like SPA Trip #10, Camel’s Hump is a great place to catch a sunset.

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While I love an arduous journey that burns out the legs and challengeing adventures you’ve wanted to to tackle for years, sometimes I just want to chill. After all, what’s better on a sunny day with nothing to do …

I love shark week. I mean HIKE WEEK.
Since FamousInternetSkiers.com decided to dedicate an entire 7 days to hike week, the Utah crew felt obligided to show off some of it’s best secret locations.  I know I was “carried” along …

So apparently you might be able to see the Aurora Borealis on wednesday night. That’s cool. Just one problem…it hasn’t been that sunny recently! Last time I checked you can’t really see this thing through a cloud deck. …

Welcome back! HIKE WEEK keeps on rolling today with our tenth SPA Trip. Today we showcase what some people view as the best reason to go for a hike: it’s a means to an end! Indeed, I think this hike, …

As mentioned earlier today when I first put up the report about our ascent of the Trap Dike, we decided to bring Porter and Dwyer (long time friends, and chief executive directors of the FIS Utah Headquarters) along for the …

In honor of the venerable Shark Week going on this week, we’re running HIKE WEEK on FamousInternetSkiers.com! Every day this week tune in to FIS for hiking adventures, information, and tips. We’ll have some new stuff every day for you! …

As we return to the Meat Week saga, we said “goodbye” to Calf Creek (previously seen on the last page of Part 1, and a cool photo post by G here), and “hello” to 1000 miles of me being jammed …

Eating enormous chorizo breakfast burritos seemed like the logical way to start a week long, 1300 mile trip across Southern Utah. After piling into Porter’s white Toyota Tacoma, affectionately named ‘The Chicken Taco,’ I realized there was more meat …

Welcome to the GRAND FINALE of HIKE WEEK on FamousInternetSkiers.com! Here we go! Hot Gorgeous is not only a clue to this SPA Trip, but is also descriptive of the A-Team that headed out from the FIS World Headquarters on …

Welcome to the GRAND FINALE of HIKE WEEK on FamousInternetSkiers.com! Here we go! Hot Gorgeous is not only a clue to this SPA Trip, but is also descriptive of the A-Team that headed out from the FIS World Headquarters on …

First off let me apologize for the delay in getting this up. I was out hiking. Duh it’s hike week!. Nawww…I’m just playing. I work in a really large tower and they don’t unlock the doors in time …

Well we’re back again for another round weekend weather! Last weekend I hope you all found some time to get outside. Personally I spent a great weekend high in the Adirondacks discovering new slides to ski (new to me), swimming …

It’s been hot. Record hot. In fact the last time it was this hot in July, was 1988. So of course being a winter obsessed I wanted to see what the winter of 1988-89 was like. Starting with the …

Ever have one of those days where everything just stops? I’m not talking about the “time stopped at the peak of this mountain while I watched the sun rise” way. More along the lings of “oh my god it’s …

Look after the jump to see NWS starting to agree that a colder period should arrive around Thanksgiving.
As my office building creaks and groans in the midst of this wasted ‘Noreaster I decided to take a minute to look ahead …

After Hike Week, in which FIS readers were treated to a plethora of hike ideas, wild scenic vistas in a far-off land, and scouting reports for potential ski descents, this week we’re changing gears and featuring a different sport: kayaking; …

The HIKE WEEK train keeps on rolling today with a visit to one of Vermont’s most revered peaks: Camel’s Hump. Much like SPA Trip #10, Camel’s Hump is a great place to catch a sunset. I had always wanted to …

As mentioned earlier today when I first put up the report about our ascent of the Trap Dike, we decided to bring Porter and Dwyer (long time friends, and chief executive directors of the FIS Utah Headquarters) along for the …

For a long time I’ve been wanting to ascend the Trap Dike. When Lionel’s Forecast came in off the press last Thursday, I knew the green light had been signaled; it was on; it was time to HIKE THE DIKE! …

I know. I said I’m not doing winter outlooks anymore. Well, I say a lot of things. Why start following through on the them now?
The reason I bagged winter outlooks is simple: I felt that for the Northeast mountains, winter …

I’ve been fascinated by the Twin Sisters range for quite a while and the idea of a traverse has appealed for almost as long. Inspired by THIS trip report, and my own views off the south side of South Twin, …

Allen and I arrived in the Mt. Baker parking lot at 9am on Sunday and realized immediately that the weather forecasters had completely blown the call. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, or a breath of wind. We were …

I have to be honest, there were big plans (read: it was written, and ready to be published) behind the many closed doors of FIS to call this VTah Episode VI: Return of the SHREDi. We would start with a …

Is this is a trick? Or is this a treat? We were soon about to find out…

Some neighborhoods tend to give out the full size candy bars, and some don’t. We went looking for the full size candybars.

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