Hiking

Every proper hike I’ve done since 2019, 63 days in all. Mostly in the Dolomites and the American West.

Trips

kmClimbed

  • Up Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain, cable car down. In Namibia the walking was sand: Big Daddy, the tallest dune above Deadvlei.

    • 21 SepTable Mountain by Platteklip Gorge3.5726
    • 25 SepBig Daddy7.2330

  • A via ferrata week out of Alta Badia: Gran Cir, Sassongher, Piz Boè at 3,152 m and the Kaiserjäger route on the Lagazuoi. Then the long Antermoia loop through the Rosengarten, past Vajolet and over Passo Principe and Passo di Antermoia.

    • 10 JulGran Cir4.4467
    • 10 JulSassongher8.5779
    • 11 JulPiz Boè9.8719
    • 12 JulKaiserjäger route, Lagazuoi8.0774
    • 13 JulNuvolau9.6858
    • 14 JulAntermoia loop, Rosengarten23.21,204
    • 16 JulRosetta and Pradidali, Pale di San Martino13.4965

  • Ten hikes in eleven days down the South Island in a campervan. Avalanche Peak at Arthur’s Pass, Isthmus Peak and Roy’s Peak on the same day, Rob Roy Glacier up to French Ridge Hut, Key Summit, then the Routeburn to Harris Saddle.

    • 18 FebAvalanche Peak8.01,084
    • 19 FebAborted hut attempt10.9716
    • 21 FebDiamond Lake and Rocky Peak7.0452
    • 22 FebIsthmus Peak15.91,173
    • 22 FebRoys Peak16.11,229
    • 24 FebRob Roy Glacier to French Ridge Hut26.72,014
    • 25 FebFrench Ridge Hut to Raspberry Creek18.7163
    • 26 FebKey Summit8.3413
    • 27 FebBen Lomond Saddle7.7594
    • 28 FebRouteburn to Harris Saddle28.41,320

  • Salt Lake City to San Francisco: Great Basin, the Giant Forest and Little Baldy in Sequoia, the Panorama Trail from Glacier Point past Nevada Fall in Yosemite, and Pinnacles.

    • 13 OctGreat Basin17.3916
    • 16 OctGiant Forest, Sequoia11.5294
    • 17 OctLittle Baldy9.2418
    • 18 OctPanorama Trail, Yosemite32.01,736
    • 20 OctPinnacles16.6642

  • Seceda from Ortisei, then up to the Lagazuoi through the First World War tunnels, and over to the Cinque Torri.

    • 21 SepSeceda18.7615
    • 22 SepLagazuoi tunnels2.7717
    • 22 SepCinque Torri5.0435

  • One huge day: 32 km and 2,150 m out of Molveno, round the Brenta past Rifugio Agostini, over the Forcolotta di Noghera and back by Rifugio Pedrotti.

    • 4 SepBrenta loop from Molveno32.02,153

  • Seattle to Colorado by road: Hurricane Hill, Maple Pass, Glacier’s Highline Trail and Grinnell Glacier, Mystic Falls in Yellowstone, Amphitheater Lake in the Tetons, then Mount Ida and a turnaround at the Keyhole on Longs Peak.

    • 5 SepHurricane Hill11.9447
    • 7 SepDiablo Lake10.7528
    • 8 SepMaple Pass loop11.5654
    • 10 SepHighline Trail31.21,152
    • 11 SepGrinnell Glacier21.7682
    • 15 SepMystic Falls11.6145
    • 16 SepAmphitheater Lake19.01,106
    • 18 SepMount Ida15.01,065
    • 19 SepLongs Peak, to the Keyhole19.31,251

  • The biggest week in the log: 127 km and 9,600 m in six days, starting with 28 km around the Tre Cime, then three days in a row over 2,000 m.

    • 20 AugTre Cime di Lavaredo28.01,790
    • 21 AugForcella Giralba20.42,136
    • 22 AugRifugio Vandelli and Lago di Sorapis26.02,062
    • 23 AugSeceda ridge24.32,020
    • 24 AugAbove Cortina10.7590
    • 25 AugSas de Pordoi17.81,000

  • Three mountain days logged as runs but done at hiking pace. The last was 21.6 km and 1,833 m, up to Pico Ruivo, the island’s high point.

    • 23 FebMachico to Boca do Risco17.8969
    • 24 FebEncumeada ridges17.7979
    • 25 FebEncumeada to Pico Ruivo21.61,833

  • Preikestolen, the pulpit rock 600 m above the Lysefjord.

    • 16 JunPreikestolen7.8494

  • Helvellyn and the Fairfield horseshoe in one 20 km day, from Birkhouse Moor round to Nab Scar above Rydal, then back up to Grisedale Tarn the next day.

    • 28 AprHelvellyn and Fairfield20.61,353
    • 29 AprGrisedale Tarn5.3532

  • A road trip through Zion, Moab and Page: Devils Garden in Arches, and down the North Kaibab Trail from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

    • 2 NovDevils Garden, Arches10.8265
    • 5 NovNorth Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon5.5413

  • Lifts to the Indren glacier, then on foot up to Rifugio Città di Mantova (3,498 m), the highest hut in this log.

    • 10 SepRifugio Città di Mantova6.21,095

  • Three days on Alta Via 1 at about twice the usual pace: Lago di Braies to Sennes, over Fanes to the Lagazuoi, then past the Cinque Torri, Nuvolau and Lago Federa to Forcella Ambrizzola and down to Borca. A fourth day went east, off the route, over Col Nero and past Rifugio Talamini into Val di Zoldo.

    • 19 JulAlta Via 1: Lago di Braies to Sennes15.21,052
    • 20 JulAlta Via 1: Sennes to Lagazuoi24.32,039
    • 21 JulAlta Via 1: Lagazuoi to Borca di Cadore30.31,278
    • 22 JulBorca di Cadore to Val di Zoldo20.71,312

  • One big day from the Polish side: through the Valley of Five Polish Lakes and up to Świstowa Kopa, 25 km and 1,150 m.

    • 14 JunValley of Five Polish Lakes and Świstowa Kopa24.81,153

  • Two days around Bohinj.

    • 1 MayMostnica gorge and falls12.4360
    • 4 MaySavica falls and Črno jezero13.61,032

  • 35 km of Kent coast in one go, Ramsgate round to Herne Bay.

    • 23 MarRamsgate to Herne Bay34.8183

  • South Downs

    • 18 AugSouth Downs Way17.9344

  • The first Dolomites trip: the Seceda ridge, a loop of the Tre Cime, the Adolf Munkel trail under the Odle, and up through the Lagazuoi tunnels.

    • 17 JulSeceda Ridge12.0201
    • 18 JulTre Cime di Lavaredo18.9826
    • 19 JulAdolf Munkel Trail15.6795
    • 20 JulLagazuoi tunnels6.61,358

  • A long weekend at Saint-Gervais: a steep climb straight out of town, then on over the Col de Tricot.

    • 24 AugSaint-Gervais uphill5.2785
    • 24 AugCol de Tricot5.3496