I have returned from a week on the John Muir Trail with Paige and her daughter Taylor. It was a wonderful hike with perfect weather, just the right amount of…
In an attempt to escape the record heat of the Bay Area, we drove up to Desolation Wilderness for an easy but incredibly scenic overnight backpack. It was still hot…
David and I met up with Steve and Tom from the Northern California hikers and did a nice overnight hike into Emigrant Wilderness. We started from the Gianelli Cabin trailhead…
I am woefully out of date in updating this website. Today (May 7) I'm finally getting around to posting some photos from a ski trip two weeks ago. We went…
We spent last weekend among the giant sequoia trees of Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Saturday was cold and rainy/snowy, so we set up camp and took a short walk…
I'm a bit behind in updating pictures. Click on the photo to see some photos from our trip to South Lake Tahoe two weekends ago. We decided to do two…
We spent the weekend up in the snow at Wood's Lake, near Carson Pass. Temperatures were colder than we usually encounter in the Sierra, but the great company, hot chocolate,…
Pre-storm Last weekend a group of us from the Northern CA hiking group planned on a nice snowcamping trip to Lake Winnemucca near Carson Pass along highway 88. Although there…
It was the first snowcamping trip of the season this weekend at Round Top lake. We met 8 Northern California hikers and had a great time! Thanks everyone!