On paper, Sword Lake does not fit my definition of a great destination. It is a popular lake, not a place to go for solitude. It's not above treeline or…
I was holding out hope that the epic overnight trip covering a lot of miles and some cross-country travel I had planned for this weekend would work out, but this…
Last weekend I headed into Yosemite for an overnight backpack along Chilnualna Creek. There were eight of us and it was great fun. I'm not going to write out a…
When you think about backpacking in Yosemite, you generally think of the summer months. The high country isn't clear of snow until June at the earliest, and backcountry travel during…
In what is becoming an annual tradition, a couple of weekends ago we headed to BLM's Cache Creek Wilderness area for a spring backpack. Cache Creek offers beautiful wildflowers and…
I just enjoyed a cold and rainy spring backpack in Pine Valley in the Ventana Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest. We accessed Pine Valley via the Pine Ridge Trail,…
Snowcamping, Yosemite, and friends. What better way to start the new year? We drove out to Wawona on New Year's Eve to meet a bunch of friends at the group…
We continued with the 'easy' portion of our trip on the morning of Day 5 by turning off the John Muir Trail and heading up Piute Canyon to Humpreys Basin.…
Finally, an easy day! Today was the day when our plans diverted from the original itinerary. Our original plan was to go offtrail from Sapphire Lake and head over McGee…