Hamilton!
4/4/21 Hamilton mountain has become a go to when I want to stay closer to home and don’t have many ideas. It’s always pretty, a good...
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Welcome to The Dog Kid, a blog created to share experiences with my dog kid, Zax.  Look around, enjoy and ask questions
4/4/21 Hamilton mountain has become a go to when I want to stay closer to home and don’t have many ideas. It’s always pretty, a good...
3/27/21 Went a little off trail and did 4 miles with snowshoes. Theres nothing better than fresh tracks. Not much else to report. Had the...
3/26/21 We headed up to dog mountain after work/ daycare on Friday. Jogged a lot of it to not spend too much time in the dark. It was...
3/21/21 We headed out to the June Lake loop. It snowed most the route, ~6mi. We tried to walk up closer to the mountain but after a...
3/20/21 We went to the king mountain trailhead but then decided to turn left at the Wilson river trail and walk along the river. It was a...
3/13/21 We were headed to Amabilis mountain when I realized dogs can’t go during ski season so we detoured to Hex Mountain and were not...
3/7/21 We started at the waterfront to run with some dogs and so I could make decisions on where to hike. After about an hour of...
3/6/21 We stopped along another road at Willaby Campground and hiked ~2 miles along the lake, turning around because it started sleeting...
3/6/21 Hiked 6mi to a waterfall along a forest road that was closed to cars for winter. The lake trail was closed for maintenance but was...
2/28/21 Today we decided to do a quick closer hike so we could redo floors in a bedroom after. We hit 2 waterfalls and started on a...
2/27/21 I was actually driving to do another hike when the beautiful water of Yale lake caught my attention and I pulled to the side of...
2/20/21 Have you ever felt like nothing around you could go any better? That’s about how today’s hike was. The weather forecast was...
2/19/21 I skied at ski bowl and then took Zax over to mirror lake. I’ve done this hike many times but today was extra pretty with all the...
2/7/21 This was a last minute decision as someone cancelled on me for plan hike and I was willing to drive to snow (he was not 😜) but...
2/6/21 I had to work half day so we did a nearby hike. Little did we know how muddy/ slippery and windy it was going to be so it took...
01/31/21 5 miles in the snow! We found some powder! They say pictures speak 1,000 words so see for yourself :)
01/30/21 I brought Zax up north for the weekend to explore and someone actually recommended this hike through a PNW vizsla group on...
01/23/21 Drove down ~2.5hr and went up to Maxwell butte which is 10 miles and 2500’ elevation. It felt very easy until the final hill. It...
1/17/21 Sunday we were supposed to do a group hike but due to lack of sleep and some tire trouble, we decided to head up dog mountain...
1/16/21 Walked up white river almost all the way to timberline. Was a beautiful sunrise. 6-7 miles In microspikes