Hiking to Loch Leven Lakes
Trail Summaries Will Return In The Spring
So, cooler weather is starting to arrive in the arrive in the Sierras, and my hiking summary season has ended, but it will pick back up in April 2025. This doesn’t mean I haven’t hung the boots up yet though. Until the snow drops, I’ll be out there, and some of you will probably see me on the trails during weekends and the holidays. I’m gathering information to post when the weather warms again, and I plan on publishing more trail summaries out of some hopefully spectacular places that you may want to hike when the weather turns favorable.
Until then, I may post here and there on hiking topics, and I will be updating some of the pages such as useful hiking links and hiking tips and safety during this downtime. The site will slow down, but it won’t be stagnant.
Hike on…
Hiking Olmstead Loop in the Auburn State Recreation Area
We hiked a portion of the Olmstead Loop Trail in the Auburn State Recreation Area on a warm spring morning when the hills were still green and wildflowers were still in bloom.
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Backpacking to Lake Aloha in Desolation Wilderness
The hike from Echo Lake to Lake Aloha is a beautiful Type 2 Fun hike along the Tahoe Rim Trail/Pacific Crest Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. We backpacked into Desolation Wilderness and were there for two nights.
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Hiking Salt Point State Park
The hike at Salt Point State Park takes you through forests, over meadows, and by the seaside. The area is diverse while green and lush in parts while exposed and dry in others. Along the way you will hike amongst redwood trees, Douglas fir, and madrone among other trees.
Backpacking to Dewey Point in Yosemite National Park
The hike to Dewey Point from the McGurk Meadow Trail in Yosemite National Park is a hike to a fantastic view of El Capitan with Half Dome in the distance and the majestic tops of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the background. While many people do this hike as a day hike, we decided to backpack in and spend the night at Dewey Point.
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Backpacking to Buck Island Lake in Eldorado National Forest
We backpacked out to Buck Island Lake over the summer which is in the El Dorado National Forest near Loon Lake but just short of going into Desolation Wilderness. The lake itself was beautiful where we and other backpackers were. But behold, the other side of the lake where the Jeepers are left the experience something to be desired.
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Deafy Glade Trail Update
This is an update to the 2020 summary of the hike from the Deafy Glade Trailhead to Summit Springs due to changing trail conditions that now present a safety hazard to hikers and backpackers.
Hiking and Backpacking Sterling Lake
This summary is going to be a little unusual, as I’m going to combine a hiking and a backpacking summary into one post in that we did both in the same location.
Hiking to Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Hiking Lassen Volcanic National Park is underrated in the shadow of Yosemite National Park to the south. But it has its jewels too, and the hike to Bumpass Hell is one of several.
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Hiking the Judge Davis Trail
The hike on the Judge Davis Trail down to Cache Creek was a son of a b*tch and should not be done as an out and back day hike but rather as a point to point backpacking trek.
Complacency Can Get You Killed on the Trail
Complacency might get to most of us before we head out on the trail, and that’s not a good habit to fall into. I’ve done it myself over things that might seem trivial with the thought that, “Oh, that won’t happen.”
I don’t know what the statistics are, but I’ve heard that more injuries or life threating incidents occur on day hikes more than for backpackers. If that’s true, maybe it’s because more people may day hike than backpack.
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Hiking the Arnold Rim Trail to the “Top of the World”
The Arnold Rim Trail is a hike through a part of the Stanislaus National Forest that leads to a fantastic point dubbed the “The Top of the World” where the view is incredible. From the Sierras, you can see over to the Coastal Range and Mount Diablo nearly 90 miles away on a clear day.
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