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Apr 3, 20224 min read
Puna Coast Trail
Traverse across lava flows from the past half century. This route brings you to the down to the beach side oasis of Halapē and then back acr
Sep 18, 20215 min read
Vogelsang Loop
TL;DR Enjoy the Yosemite high country in this 23mi loop hike out to Vogelsang Lake. If you're feeling up for some off-trail scrambling,...
Sep 13, 20205 min read
Rae Lakes Loop
TL;DR See some of the best the high Sierra have to offer in this 40 mile loop out of Kings Canyon National Park to Rae Lakes. The three...
Aug 22, 20204 min read
Lost Coast Trail
TL;DR Travel along the rugged northern California coast on what is one of the most beautiful trails I've ever been on. The Lost Coast is...
Jul 19, 20203 min read
Young Lakes Out and Back
TL;DR This was a fun short overnight we did on a whim. Starting from Tuolumne Meadows from the Young Lakes via Dog Lake trail head, the...
Nov 3, 20197 min read
East Tonto Trail Sectional
TL;DR Get a taste for the Grand Canyon without doing the full descent down to the Colorado along the Tonto Trail. We started from...
Oct 26, 20193 min read
Chilnualna Falls Out and Back
TL;DR Check out one of the least visited areas of Yosemite . Starting from Wawona, its a steep (but not as steep as the valley) up to the...
Sep 24, 20194 min read
Lithodendron Wash Out and Back
TL;DR Do some off-trail exploration through the northern Zone 2 Black Forest backcountry of Petrified Forest National Park. Seriously,...
Aug 10, 20195 min read
Wonderland Trail
TL;DR Circumnavigate Mount Rainier over 93 miles and 26,000 ft of elevation gain and loss on the Wonderland Trail. Aptly named, the...
Aug 19, 20182 min read
JMT Day 3
TL;DR Day 3 took us from Upper Cathedral Lake to Lyell Fork in 15.3 moderately flat miles. We took an extended lunch in Tuolumne Meadows...
Aug 6, 20182 min read
JMT Day 2
TL;DR For our second day on the trail, we hiked from Little Yosemite Valley to Upper Cathedral Lake. This was our first full day of...
Aug 3, 20182 min read
JMT Day 1
TL;DR Our first day on the trail took us from Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley in 5 short miles. Because we didn’t get a Little...
Jun 9, 20184 min read
Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail
TL;DR Enjoy all the Santa Cruz mountains have to offer in this ~30 mile thru-hike from Skyline Ridge to the Waddle Beach. Official trail...
Apr 15, 20185 min read
Douglas Springs to Tanque Verde Ridge Backcountry Loop
TL;DR Hike through various ecosystems as you go from the desert floor to 8000ft up in this knee busting 28 mile backcountry loop through...
Sep 2, 20175 min read
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Backpacking
TL;DR If you’re interest in a 30 mile thru-hike that is just as beautiful as it is exhausting then you should check out Yosemite’s Grand...
Jun 2, 20173 min read
Lake Aloha Out and Back
TL;DR This late spring trip took us 6.5mi into Desolation Wilderness to Lake Aloha (which wasn’t quite a lake yet). Lake Aloha is a...
Apr 2, 20174 min read
Cathedral Lakes Backpacking
TL:DR You don’t have to go very far to see some pristine high sierra lakes and epic sunsets. We did this 12.6 mile thru hike over 3 days/...
Mar 19, 20177 min read
Sliding Sands Loop
TL;DR Haleakalā National Park resides on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Haleakalā NP is split into two parts, the summit and Kipahulu...
Dec 5, 20167 min read
Mt Whitney Trail
TL;DR Play permit roulette in order to score the chance to backpack to the top of California or if you’re feeling bold, Whitney-In-a-Day....
Oct 26, 20163 min read
Peru Part II: The Inca Trail
TL;DR The Inca Trail is amazing, go do it. Thoughts Everything is awesome. Everything is stairs. Well, not everything. Probably 75% is...
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