The day after running the length of Cañon Río Lobos, we headed north to another park—Picos de Urbión. This mountainous, natural area also lies between the provinces of Soria and Burgos and part of the Iberian System—the same mountain system of Moncayo, outside of Zaragoza. The plan was to climb this region’s peak—Urbión.
After we explored some villages of the pre-Pyrenees by car, I decided to spend the following couple days exploring some more on foot. I had been especially eager to go into the hills on the opposite side of the main road since it is an area that would be completely new to me, and I noticed on our maps that the GR 15 runs through that area.
What does it mean to have an unsuccessful hike? Running has objective measures of success and even the DNF or did not finish. But what about hiking? If you are doing a hike to a specific destination, I suppose not making it there could be considered a DNF, but you still went hiking, right?
Although things started to clear slightly on our descent from Toubkal, it was merely a short break in the blizzard. Overnight, it intensified as forecasted, so we chose to descend.
This is the second post in a series about my recent trip to Morocco, where we hike from the town of Aremd to the refuge Les Mouflons.
I recently returned from a trip to Morocco, primarily to visit the Atlas Mountains and climb the highest peak, Toubkal, among others. This is the first in a series of posts, which covers arriving in Marrakech and traveling to the mountains.
After three days of skiing in Andorra, I turned my attention to exploring some of the mountains surrounding Pas de la Casa: Pico dels Padrons, Pic d’Envalira, and Pic Negre d’Envalira.
Whenever I ask my partner when we will hike the Moncayo Massif, he usually replies that it is only worth doing in the winter. Well, finally, it was winter, there was snow on the mountain, and we had a free day in Zaragoza. So, we set out early driving to the mountain.
In the beginning of December, we took a four-day trip to the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and explored the island in our favorite way—on foot.
I wouldn’t particularly call myself a resolution maker because, let’s face it, most resolutions are destined to fail. But I do like to set goals, especially goals that are both flexible and have a distinct end point or time. These are my 2022 goals.