For years we have sought to describe, photograph, and map the trail systems of the Black Hills. The information we have gathered is meant to facilitate planning for virtually any season of the year.

We have noticed however that some hikers enjoy reading those personal accounts restricted to a time and place. Had we had time, over the years we might have written trip reports for nearly all the trails here. But we concentrated on less personal descriptions and less restricted times.

So compiling trip reports is something we arrive at rather lately. And the list of trails we tell our personal stories about may grow rather slowly and seemingly at random. However, this section on Trip Reports will be the gathering place of first-hand accounts, one-by-one, of our days upon the trails.