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Cajon Pass – John Brown Toll Road – National Old Trails Road/ Pacific Crest Trail

Exploring Cajon Pass – John Brown Toll Road – National Old Trails Road/ Pacific Crest Trail Long before the creation of Interstate 15, and even well before the establishment of Route 66 there were a few different routes over the route of what is now known as Cajon Pass. Millions of people each year (ourselves…

Windy Gap summit

Overnight Backpack to Little Jimmy Trail Camp via Windy Gap Trail

Important information: This hike and photos were in 2012, the Little Jimmy Trail Camp area has since been impacted by a large wildfire in 2020 (Bobcat Fire) Link to affected area Little Jimmy Trail Camp (click link for current status) is a developed campground situated just off the Pacific Crest Trail. At 2.8 miles the…

High Sierra Trail - Dropping into Big Arroyo

High Sierra Trail

We did this as a 7 day backpack trip in 2012. The High Sierra trail begins at the Crescent meadow and goes over the Sierra crest to Whitney Portal. There are many ways to accomplish this trail. This was our first long distance backpacking trip and although we trained quite hard for it we aimed…