Jack has missed hiking in the Sierra since moving to the East Coast. So we set up a short (2 nights), late season trip to Pine Creek Pass.
Tag Archives: Peaks
Lamarck Col -> Helen Lake -> Piute Pass; incl. 13ers Goethe, Black Giant, Fiske
After my nephew finished his apprenticeship he took off 3 months for hiking. He started by hiking 600 miles south starting from the North Cape in Norway on the E1. Then he flew to California where I had planned an introduction the the Sierra Nevada.
Lake Basin and Observation Peak, August 2024
On our hike last year, Brian suggested this trip for this year. It’s to one of his favorite basins in the Sierra and had a great peak for me to climb.
Alta Peak and Mount Dana, June 2024
We had an early season backpacking trip in Yosemite with friends planned and instead of driving straight up and back for the trip, I bookended it with a couple of Sierra Nevada peaks.
San Jacinto solitude and backpack field test
Since May 2017 my Osprey Stratos 36 has been my daypack and spent has many hundreds of hours on the trail with me. On the recent Spectre hike one of the loops for the hiking poles broke. Time to send it in for repairs.
Spectre Peak, April 2024
Matt and Bianca were visiting and wanted a good, hard desert hike around Joshua Tree NP. Matt had done some research and suggested Spectre and Agua as an option. I knew it was exactly what he was looking for.
Eclipse Trip, April 2024
We’d never experienced a total solar eclipse. There are not many left in our lifetime that are this easy to get to. So we took the long drive.
Wyoming, Idaho, June/July 2023 – Part 3
We met up with family in Wyoming. This is part 3 of 3 with some impressions from this 3-week (20 straight nights of camping) trip. (Part 1, Part 2)
Wyoming, Idaho, June/July 2023 – Part 1
We met up with family in Wyoming. This is part 1 of 3 with some impressions from this 3-week (20 straight nights of camping) trip. (Part 2, Part 3)
Achensee, Tirol, Austria
We spent a few days in Achenkirch, Tirol, Austria. My nephew wanted to do some hikes. So he chose a few in the area resulting in 4 great days in the mountains.