Category Archives: LaLuz Trail

You had to be there

Posted on March 4, 2014 by David Alan

Click on images for larger photos. I suspected that Sunday would be one of those days, and it turned out that it was.  There was no way that anyone could get the images and experience the day like I did … Continue reading →

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La Luz Hike, April 13, 2013

Posted on April 21, 2013 by David Alan

Ok, I know it’s a bit late for putting out trail information that is of use to someone, but sometimes I’m just not in the mood to write after I climb the mountain and then go knock off a half … Continue reading →

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LaLuz Hike, March 16, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by David Alan

Two weeks ago I hoofed on over to the three gun trail because I wanted to hike, but I also wanted nothing to do with snow.  After a most brutal New Years Day hike up the La Luz,  I pretty … Continue reading →

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The High Country, Two weeks later 10.6 and 10.7 2012

Posted on October 8, 2012 by David Alan

After a long week of bouncing between Omaha and Phoenix, I was able to hit the trails again on Saturday and Sunday.  At this time of year most of the photo opportunities on the lower mountain are long gone, as … Continue reading →

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Fall comes to the high country – 9/22/2012

Posted on September 23, 2012 by David Alan

I’ve got a bit of updating to do now that we are back from hiking in Europe.  However, first chance I got I headed on up to do the summit this Saturday.  Granted, it took me quite a while to … Continue reading →

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Bugged on the Mountain

Posted on July 14, 2012 by David Alan

Today I got a bit of a late start today, and seeing how I did not work out at all during the week I figured that I’d be way behind today. The fact of the matter is that I was … Continue reading →

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Catching up on the mountain

Posted on July 8, 2012 by David Alan

One of the primary reasons that my hiking lags far behind last year’s totals is that at the end of the season I experienced a rather catastrophic equipment failure.  My boots that were only two years old developed a hole … Continue reading →

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The Missed Soaking

Posted on July 7, 2012 by David Alan

I set my alarm last night for the ungodly hour of 5:30 am for a Saturday morning.  Theoretically one could sleep in on a Saturday, but when you have this itch to climb the mountain in the monsoon season, then … Continue reading →

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The Rain Gauge

Posted on July 4, 2012 by David Alan

I’m a weather watcher, and have been for a long long time. Once I became a pilot watching the weather became had life and death implications especially in Michigan where I did most of my flying.  One wrong move and … Continue reading →

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Snow Packed – Sunday March 4, 2012

Posted on March 5, 2012 by David Alan

I’m not really sure now what it was that caused me to get geared up and head on up the mountain today, but I do remember looking at my journal and seeing that in I wrote about Hiking in the … Continue reading →

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