Last Fourth of July I made a trip up to Montana to visit the crew at The Flying Pig. At the time, I was still freelancing as their social media manager and figured the trip would be a great combination of mountain adventure, river solace and content acquisition.

After working back-to-back events in Moab and Chicago, a long weekend of activities was in order. I started things off on Friday, with a climb and descent of 11,500 foot Mt. Watson in the Uintas.

After four years of living in Utah, I finally managed to climb the West Slabs of Mt. Olympus.

As I paged through The Chuting Gallery late Saturday night, I knew one thing - I wanted to go on a long walk. A few phone calls, a beer and 30 minutes later and I landed on Sunday's mission - Coalpit Headwall.

Morning walks and low-angle goodies before Thursday's 10:00 a.m. meeting.

When the clock struck four, I hit the road with my pre-loaded truck, due west. The objective was Stansbury Mountain for an early season lap and midweek camping excursion during an unseasonably warm spring day in late March.