TL;DR You know that hike everyone does in Zion? Its that one. Hike up 2,000ft over 2.5miles to the top of Angels Landing. The last half...

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...

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...

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...

TL;DR Do some off-trail exploration through the northern Zone 2 Black Forest backcountry of Petrified Forest National Park. Seriously,...

TL;DR Circumnavigate Mount Rainier over 93 miles and 26,000 ft of elevation gain and loss on the Wonderland Trail. Aptly named, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TL;DR Enjoy a lovely long day hike through old growth redwood forests from the Prairie Creek Visitor’s Center to Fern Canyon and back....

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...

TL;DR See every ecosystem Mt Tam has to offer in this 17mi loop from the beach to the top of East Peak and back. The mileage might seem...

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/...

TL;DR Haleakalā National Park resides on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Haleakalā NP is split into two parts, the summit and Kipahulu...

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....

TL;DR The Inca Trail is amazing, go do it. Thoughts Everything is awesome. Everything is stairs. Well, not everything. Probably 75% is...

TL;DR A real leg burning loop full of 360 views of the East Bay and 4060ft of elevation gain across 13.8 miles. The 4 summits are Mt...

TL;DR Explore a bit of the High Sierra trail on the way to one of the most stunning alpine lakes I have ever laid eyes on, Precipice...