I have a confession: I haven't been backpacking in almost a year. Last summer I focused on a lot of big dayhike-able peaks with car camping. So I've been crazy…
Day 1 of my two week Sierra adventure! I had been diligently watching the weather forecasts for weeks. Crazy storms had been chasing people off of summits and the trails…
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…
On Wednesday we will be leaving on a backpacking trip that will have us above 10k for six days, so we decided to head to the mountains this past weekend…
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…