Hiking Mt. Baden Powell via Vincent Gap
Mt. Baden Powell Via Vincent Gap
Section Hiking The John Muir Trail
This guide will detail how we planned and executed section hiking the John Muir Trail over the course of three Summers
Icehouse Canyon to Chapman Trail Loop
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…
Surprise Canyon Trail – Panamint City
Trip Overview Surprise Canyon Tail to Panamint City is an interesting trip back in time to a mining town that had two different lives. One in the 1800’s and one as late as the 1980’s. The descriptions below are a combination of two trips taken to Panamint city in November of 2011 and February of…
Cottonwood Lakes Basin
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…
Weir Canyon Trail
Weir Canyon Trail – 3.6 mile loop loop trail. Good for Wildflowers and general exercise.
North Fork Big Pine Creek (Big Pine Lakes)
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…
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…
Perfect First Kids Backpacking Trip (Little Lakes Valley)
With minimal elevation gain and beautiful scenery, Little Lakes Valley is the perfect first kids backpacking trip.
Rae Lakes via Kearsarge Pass Trail
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…