A couple tests their skills on the routes at the Pipeline in Maple Canyon, Utah, on Saturday. On warm days, the canyon has several shady walls that attract rock climbers. (Jerry Painter photo)
Revisiting a favorite outdoor recreation area is like wearing an old sweatshirt — it feels perfect and you don’t mind if it’s a bit worn.
Naomi Painter Hoffman, of Beaverton, Ore., pauses a few dozen yards from the summit of Mount Hood in Oregon to catch her breath during a successful climb of the famous Cascade volcano in 2011. (Jerry Painter photo)
One of the positive things that came out of attending my father’s funeral last weekend was the gathering of family, many of whom I haven’t seen in years.
A mountain goat stands high on the cliff walls along the Palisades Creek Trail during the spring of 2017. There were goats in the same area on Saturday, but the absent-minded columnist left his camera behind. (Jerry Painter photo)
I dug through my pack Saturday looking for my camera — I knew it was in there — but couldn’t find it. There was a mountain goat sitting high on a ledge watching the hikers go by along the Palisades Creek Trail. I found my camera later that day in a bag I’d packed but left behind. Oh well.
Two hikers and one rider start off on the Cress Creek Nature Trail on Saturday afternoon. The trail is west of Heise along the Snake River. (Jerry Painter photo)
After Saturday’s Cinco de Mayo picnic at Heise, my sweetheart and I went for a hike up the Cress Creek Nature Trail.
I was belaying my rock climber pal up a tall cliff along the Snake River near Wolf Flats on Friday afternoon when I heard a rustling in the bushes and trees below.
A couple cruises down the Teton Park Road about a mile north of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday on their way to Signal Mountain Lodge. (Jerry Painter photo)
On Saturday I rode my bike with hundreds of other people in Grand Teton National Park.
