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Trip Reports · Oct 19, 2025
Dorothy Lake Trip Overview My wife and I have slowly been building up our adventures with our newest addition to our family. We started with day hikes and worked our way up to some longer hikes in Yosemite National Pa...
Trip Reports · Apr 27, 2024
Backcountry Snowshoe Camping Eagle Peak Yosemite National Park Overview I absolutely love Yosemite National Park, and it's where I first got into backcountry snowshoe camping. I have actually never been to Yosemite in...
Trip Reports · Jul 10, 2022
Climbing Mount Shasta Overview Mount Shasta is the 5th tallest mountain in California, coming in at 14,179 feet tall. The tallest Mountain in California and the lower 48 states is Mount Whitney, which I hiked a number...
Trip Reports · Feb 10, 2022
Overview: Snowshoe Camping Clouds Rest Yosemite My first ever snowshoe trip was to Dewey Point with one of my best friends from the Marine Corps. I was instantly hooked on Yosemite National Park in the winter because...
Trip Reports · Dec 14, 2021
Coyote Gulch Backpacking Overview Coyote Gulch is a backpacking trip that has been on my bucket list for a number of years. My first trip out to the Grand Staircase National Monument I drove down Hole in the Rock Road...
Trip Reports · Jun 23, 2021
Overview: Camping Along the Colorado River in Black Canyon A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of kayaking down the Colorado River through Black Canyon, just down river of the gigantic Hoover Dam! This trip was a li...
Trip Reports · Feb 22, 2021
Snowshoe Camping Dewey Point Overview A couple of years ago I did my first snowshoe camping adventure up in Yosemite. Despite hitting a lot of traffic on the drive up it was an awesome first snowshoe camping experienc...
Trip Reports · Sep 16, 2020
Backcountry Camping on Santa Rosa Island Overview While searching for some backcountry camping spots close to home, I came across Santa Rosa Island. Santa Rosa Island is the second largest island in the Channel Island...
Trip Reports · Nov 13, 2019
Joshua Tree Backpacking Overview Over veterans day weekend I wanted to plan a little two day 1-night backpacking trip that wasn't too far a drive from San Diego. I have driven through Joshua Tree National Park once be...
Trip Reports · Mar 17, 2019
This past weekend, me and a buddy attempted to go from Yosemite Valley floor up to clouds rest for a winter hike. Unfortunately, as the title implies, we did not make it out of the valley due to icy trail conditions....
Trip Reports · Jan 18, 2019
This is a very old trip report before I knew anything about photography, but it is a great trip if you want to experience the Grand Canyon in all its glory: My last Spring break in college, I wanted to do something fu...
Trip Reports · Oct 14, 2018
Since I have moved out to Southern California, I have been dreaming of making a trip up to Yosemite. My one caveat is, when I go out in nature I like to be away from crowds, and I have heard some horror stories from f...
