Trail Summary Icehouse Canyon trail is a VERY popular and moderately challenging trail located above Mt. Baldy Village. Combining the trip up Icehouse Canyon trail and a return down Chapman trail entails about 8.5 miles of trail with around 2,600′ of elevation gain (and then loss). It tops out at 7,600′ of elevation. It can…
Mt. Baden Powell Via Vincent Gap
Overnight backpacking trip to Chicken Spring Lake via Cottonwood Pass.
Want to combine a great breakfast with a relatively leisurely 5 mile walk around Bonelli Park? This is the route for you! Trail Description This is a popular and at times very busy route but there is ample parking in the parking lot on McKinley Avenue near Brackett Airport. In the event that the parking…
This guide will detail how we planned and executed section hiking the John Muir Trail over the course of three Summers
What is it? CalTopo.com is an incredibly useful tool for not only planning your next adventure but also aids in figuring out where and what the heck you saw after your trip is done. Despite its name, it offers much more than just topographical maps. There are layers for historical fire activity, buildings, cell coverage,…
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…
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…
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…
With minimal elevation gain and beautiful scenery, Little Lakes Valley is the perfect first kids backpacking trip.