In association with Hikercentral.com
and Goingoutside.com

Mountain Adventures with Richard

You've reached my mountain adventure site, I hope you will find the information here useful.

Backpacking without the stuff listed below is not a good idea.

LIGHTWEIGHT STOVE

The Stratus Trailstove is not your grandpa's wood stove. It is a wood stove but it's an ultra light very cool stove. It weighs less than your current gas stove plus gas which in itself is reason enough to switch.

RUBBING ALCOHOL

There are two main reasons to bring alcohol, disinfecting wounds and starting fires. Don't waste alcohol to start a fire unless it's an emergency though, you don't need anything you don't find in the woods to make a fire if you do it right.

CAMPING SAW

A lot of people don't bring a camp saw when they go hiking, but they really should. It comes in very handy in an emergency to make a shelter or to cut some wood for a fire.

FIRST AID

With a first aid kit in your pack you can feel a little bit safer maybe.

STEEL WIRE

Steel wire may save you a lot of trouble, it can be used to temporarily fix almost anything.

WATER

You have to make sure you have plenty of water specially if you are in the desert. If you are in an area with plenty of water around all you need is a small bottle and a water filter.

DEADFALL TRAP

This type of trap is very effective but it will kill the animal that gets caught in the trap, so if you decide not to eat it you killed an animal for nothing. Only make a deadfall trap in an emergency.

You need the following things: A heavy log, a round rock, a sturdy stick about 1 to 2 feet long, a thinner stiff stick about a foot long.

Lift one end of the log up and support it with the sturdy stick. The sturdy stick in turn should be standing on top of the round rock. One end of the smaller stiff stick is placed between the rock and the sturdy stick, the other end should be suspended in the air right under the log, the stiff stick should be roughly horizontal.

Carefully place the bait on the stiff stick.

To make the trap more stable and more difficult to trigger you can cut the part of the stiff bait stick flat where it rests between the rock and the sturdy stick. You can also cut the bottom of the sturdy stick flat, it all depends on what size animal you are trying to kill.

Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Pioneer Trail from 1846 to 1869 in order to escape religious persecution. The general route is from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles.

The Mormon Pioneer Trail travels through five states over both public and private land.

CONTACTS

Email - MOPI_Interpretation@nps.gov

Write to
Long Distance Trails Office
324 South State, Suite 250
Salt Lake City, UT 841450-0155

Phone
Headquarters - (801)539-4095

TRAVEL BASICS

Operating Hours, Seasons
There are many sites of interest along the trail, and facility operating hours vary. For accurate information, visitors should inquire locally.

Weather & Climate
Information on weather and travel conditions along the Mormon Pioneer Trail is best obtained from local offices of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Forest Service, or state tourism offices.

Accessibility
Information on accessibility along the Mormon Pioneer Trail is best obtained from local offices of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Forest Service, or state tourism offices.

Some content donated by Hikercentral.com and the National Park Service

LIGHTWEIGHT STOVE		The Stratus Trailstove is not your grandpa's wood stove. It is a wood stove but it's an ultra light very cool stove. It weighs less than your current gas stove plus gas which in itself is reason enough to switch.
RUBBING ALCOHOL		There are two main reasons to bring alcohol, disinfecting wounds and starting fires. Don't waste alcohol to start a fire unless it's an emergency though, you don't need anything you don't find in the woods to make a fire if you do it right.
CAMPING SAW		A lot of people don't bring a camp saw when they go hiking, but they really should. It comes in very handy in an emergency to make a shelter or to cut some wood for a fire.
FIRST AID		With a first aid kit in your pack you can feel a little bit safer maybe.
STEEL WIRE		Steel wire may save you a lot of trouble, it can be used to temporarily fix almost anything.
WATER		You have to make sure you have plenty of water specially if you are in the desert. If you are in an area with plenty of water around all you need is a small bottle and a water filter.