Guides and Trips
Trips
Yosemite Tuolomne Meadows to Waterwheel Falls to Polly Dome to Ten Lakes
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California, United States
Backpacking | 33 miles
Backpacking | 33 miles
Planning a four-day, three-night spring backpack trip in the Yosemite high country.
Hiked the trails that I've done on horse camping trips many times since 1999. Horse is retired, so now it's on foot. Lydia and I had a great hike.
Henry Coe Day 2 Bear Mtn to HQ
Henry Coe State Park, California, United States
Backpacking | 12.5 miles
Backpacking | 12.5 miles
Took the Lightweight Backing Class offered by the Loma Prieta Section of the Sierra Club. Two days in the classroom, followed by an overnight backpack trip in Henry Coe State Park. Learned a lot! My packweight at the trailhead was 19 lbs, including food and water. This is 9 lbs less than last week at Hetch Hetchy!The track is messed up; we started at Bear Mountain, which is at the upper right...
Hetch Hetchy, Rancheria Falls
Yosemite National Park, California, United States
Backpacking | 6.9 miles
Backpacking | 6.9 miles
Met the group at Hodgdon Meadows Campground Friday night. Saturday morning drove to Hetch Hetchy, and hiked along the north side of the reservoir to the Rancheria Falls; camped overnight and returned via the same route. Glorious weather, great hiking pals, excellent time. See more info and photos on the Meetup Group:http://www.meetup.com/the-other-original-bay-area-backpack-meetup/events/111950632/
Had a nice visit with Ron & Deborah in Big Sur, then the next morning headed out to Bottchers Gap trailhead and started up the Skinner Ridge Trail, headed for Devil's Peak. Getting out of the car at Bottchers, a super loud hum/buzz filled the air. Could almost feel it. Turned out to be a zillion bees in a tree that was in full bloom with small white blossoms. Watched for a...
5th and last day of skiing at Whistler. This was my mid-Level 4 lesson. It was the longest day in terms of hours, miles and mph. Had a blast.
Berry Creek Falls Loop; Big Basin Redwoods Park
Riverside Grove, California, United States
Hiking | 9.8 miles
Hiking | 9.8 miles
I travelled counter clockwise, which means I came upon the top sides of the waterfalls. Except for the exciting thrill of fear as the trail next to the waterfall seemed to drop over a cliff. Scary for a moment! But going the other way, you'd get a better view of all the waterfalls
Snowshoeing from Clair Tappaan Lodge
Soda Springs, California, United States
Snowshoeing | 3.2 miles
Snowshoeing | 3.2 miles
Went skiing at Sugar Bowl and stayed at Clair Tappaan Lodge, a Sierra Club "hut". Had a blast! (except for truck breakdown that required a new starter. oh well). Met lots of lovely folks, including Valerie, who invited me to go snowshoeing. We went right from the lodge on groomed trails, and up onto the Donner Ski Ranch runs. Beautiful, sunny day, with snow still clinging to the evergreens. Gorgeous! Terrific way to start...
Hiked out from Karen's house to Roosevelt Park. Very nice walk through the woods among the fallen leaves. The trail names are colors: Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green. There is a pond with picnic areas as well as a covered pavilion with a stone fireplace. There are numbered sites with nice fireplaces.
Haven't been on a hike or backpack trip since Dash started wearing the cone head three weeks ago. Went today to San Pedro Park and hiked the Hazelnut Trail. It was a steady ascent on switchbacks, which leveled off at the top as the trail went through a small eucalyptus grove, then it started descending. Beautiful day and pleasant trail.
Hiked out to Butano Trail Camp (6 miles) on the Jackson Trail to the Canyon Trail to the Indian Trail. Nice trails with a mix of types of forest. Got foggy overnight at the camp. Campsites were nice and secluded. In the morning, checked out the abandoned landing strip, which didn't really look all that abandoned. I expected a plane to land anytime. 8 miles to head back the next day. Back down the...
Camped at Tarwater Trail Camp, then hiked the next day. From 380 feet elevation to 2000 in three miles. My feet! Got blisters...
We did it! Karen and I hiked and camped on the Appalachian Trail! We set our sights on a 5-10 mile hike to a shelter/camp site, to return the next day along the same trail to the car. We chose to start at Bull's Bridge near Kent CT and hiked about 8 miles to Mt Algo shelter, where we camped. Had a blast. It trail was rated "difficult" by the guidebook,...
Sailed with Lori and John from Rockland, through the Mussel Ridge, then back to Rockland. Nice day.
Drove to Clark's Island with Lori & John. Had lobster rolls along the way. Hiked across the island to look at the sea, then backtracked to the quarry. Lori and I jumped in and swam!
Three miles to Slate Creek trail camp. The next day did the Peters Creek Loop and back to the ranger station. Fantastic old growth redwoods on the loop. Long hard trail to get there. But worth it!
Isaac has been a little sore due to the spring grass, so we did a walk together instead. I rode a little bit, but mostly hiked along behind Isaac. We did the full loop; went up to the intersection with the paved road and walked down that way. The walk did Isaac good. He was striding out and, after he was turned back out, he cantered off in a nice, easy gait....
Been building up to this, my first backpacking trip. Hiked in three miles from Memorial Ranger Station to Shaw Flat Trail Camp, via the Pomponio Trail. Exciting to finally be camping! Set up my tent in a hurry so I could get away from the hordes of mosquitos. (Did not bring bug spray.) Cooked with the alcohol stove, ate backpacker dehydrated food (gotta find a better way), purified creek water using Steripen....
