Backpacking Guides and Trips
Trips
Gabrielino Trail, Switzer to JPL
La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States
Backpacking | 12.0 miles
Backpacking | 12.0 miles
Traversing the entire Gabrielino Trail in the San Gabriel mountains behind LA, on a three day backpack. This leg is the most popular, but the section between Switzer and Oakwild is very lightly traveled, and stunningly beautiful. Take a side trip down Royal Gorge. You won't regret it!
Gabrielino Trail, Devore to Switzer
Mount Wilson, California, United States
Backpacking | 11.9 miles
Backpacking | 11.9 miles
Traversing the entire Gabrielino Trail in the San Gabriel mountains behind LA, on a three day backpack. The leg is the least traveled of the trail, and hence the most enjoyable.
Gabrielino Trail, Santa Anita to Devore
Mount Wilson, California, United States
Backpacking | 8.3 miles
Backpacking | 8.3 miles
Traversing the entire Gabrielino Trail in the San Gabriel mountains behind LA, on a three day backpack. You can overnight in Spruce Grove if you get a late start, but Devore is secluded, well kept, and seldom used. It will treat you to a wonderful night.
An excellent leg of the famous JMT, over Donohue pass, through Thousand Island Lake and Shadow Lake, and ending at Red's Meadow.
K and I saw first hand how the Kalalau trail can go from an enjoyable tropical outing, to a life threatening nightmare in a matter of hours.All started nicely enough. It was my birthday, and we successfully navigated getting to the trailhead using a bus from Kapa'a and hitching it from Hanalei. There had been rains off and on for a few days, but nothing major.We entered the trail full of hope...
