Backpacking Guides and Trips
Trips
Cloud's Rest via Cathedral Lake
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California, United States
Backpacking | 18.6 miles
Backpacking | 18.6 miles
Three day short route from Cathedral lakes trail head to Cloud's Rest and out at Tenaya Lake. Trip started in Tuolumne meadows travelling south on the John Muir trail with a lunch stop at Cathedral Lakes on the first day. Continuing on, the snow shrouded most of the trail especially at Cathedral Pass, and we cross-country hiked through the valley to Sunrise Lakes and camped at the upper lake. The next day...
Lake Tahoe: Echo Lake to Aloha Lake and Beyond
South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Backpacking | 15.3 miles
Backpacking | 15.3 miles
A journey into Desolation Wilderness that started early in the morning on Saturday. With a lot less mileage than normal, we started off from the parking lot at Echo Lake in the direction of Lake Aloha. Unfortunately, there is no public potable water at the parking lot, so we had to start the trip with minimal water. Also, I had slept less than a couple hours the previous night, and I could immediately...
One of my college roommates finished a turbo journey across the country to end right in my backyard so we planned out a little weekend for half the Narwhal in Yosemite. We started by camping outside the park friday night, drove in, and started the hike at Glacier Point with the midday sun already beating down on this fantastic early summer day. My planned course went to Taft Point and then to Dewey...
Tommy and I decided to do a two day trek through the Colca Canyon in Peru. The easiest way to get there and to explore the canyon is a guided tour through one of the numerous tour companies based in Arequipa. The canyon is supposedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, however it does not appear as dramatic due to the shape of the walls resembling a valley, as opposed to...
Chris and I set off to explore the wilderness that is Big Sur, in hopes of camping near the Sykes hotsprings. However, we encountered a couple problems.Before we left on our journey, the area had seen relentless rain for two straight weeks. Fortunately for our outing, the rain let up while we were out and about. The hills were very moist and brooks were plentifully racing down towards Big Sur River and...
Chris and I planned to go camping in the snow, but decided to delay that trip for a later date. To do a more reasonable trip, we took a weekend at Point Reyes. We started at the Palomarin Trailhead and hiked up the Coastal Trail to Coast Camp, a little over 13 miles without detours. We stayed one night and then headed back via the Ridge Trail. Unfortunately the Ridge Trail did...
