Hikes done in or around the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in California.
Trail Summary and recommendations Getting to the Trailhead Parking and Shuttle Information The trailhead for Fern Lake accessed from the Devils Postpile monument near Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort. . Like many of the trails in the Mammoth back country you will likely have to take the Red’s Meadow Shuttle to access it. Information about the…
Overnight backpacking trip to Chicken Spring Lake via Cottonwood Pass.
This guide will detail how we planned and executed section hiking the John Muir Trail over the course of three Summers
Trail Description The Sawmill Pass Trail ascends nearly 7000′ over 9 miles from the Owens valley to the crest of the Eastern Sierra. Beyond the pass the trail continues on to Woods lakes and the Pacific Crest and John Muir trails. The trail is generally blocked by snow/ ice at the 4 mile mark until…
After a very successful first trip and having missed being able to sneak away in 2022 due to a mid summer National Park vacation that soaked up all our PTO (which you can read about here). We definitely wanted to head out to the back country again this year. When looking for the next trail…
If you’re looking for relatively easy access to glacially fed lakes in the Eastern Sierra look no further than the North fork of Big Pine Creek Trail that Leads to Big Pine Lakes. Or as we like to call it the numbered lakes trail. Permits and other relevant information can be found here. Vital Information…
With minimal elevation gain and beautiful scenery, Little Lakes Valley is the perfect first kids backpacking trip.
Vital Information for Kearsarge Pass Trail To Rae Lakes On this trip we used the the Kearsarge Pass trail to access the John Muir Trail to head north over Glen pass to access the Rae Lakes basin. We did this trip very early in the season (end of May) on what was a low snow…
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…