glacier point snow backpacking
My first snow backpacking trip to Yosemite was to Dewey Point almost exactly six years ago. Ever since that first
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backpacking trips
the summit. whitney. conquered.
It’s been almost two years exactly since my last trip to Mount Whitney. I failed to make it to the
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shower’s lake
This weekend I went backpacking with a group to Shower’s Lake. Originally I was thinking of backpacking somewhere on the
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maude lake
This weekend I went backpacking with some old friends from my previous job at CalPERS. We went to the Desolation
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swift creek trail
This weekend I went backpacking with some old friends I hadn’t backpacked with in a while. We went to the
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canyon creek trail
From my previous posts it’s probably obvious that I like the Trinity Alps Wilderness. I think it’s truly a special
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dewey point
I went backpacking solo for the first time this weekend. It probably would’ve been better to wait and organize a trip
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panoche hills
The Panoche Hills is a large area owned by the Bureau of Land Management. If you’ve ever driven down highway
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mount whitney
At just over 14,500 feet above sea level, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in California. It’s actually the highest
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loch leven again
This weekend I went backpacking at Loch Leven Lakes. It’s a pretty easy and short hike, at least as far
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trinity alps wilderness
This weekend six of us went backpacking in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. I had already been here once before, so
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moon over mendocino
This weekend I went backpacking at the Mendocino National Forest. It’s a pretty easy and short hike, which was good
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feather falls backpacking
According to some people, Feather Falls is the sixth highest waterfall in the United States. According to Wikipedia, those people
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fountain of youth?
Most people who read my crappy blog with any sort of regularity probably know that I’m not all that great
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a special place
This weekend I went on what will probably be the last backpacking trip of 2011. It was to a place
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