Type 2 Fun – Another 100 Feet

September 1, 2026July 12, 2026

Backpacking Grouse Ridge to Glacier Lake in Tahoe National Forest

Milk Lake sits below a ledge with the Sierra Buttes in the distant background. — Milk Lake sits below Grouse Ridge where the hike to Crystal Lake begins. The Sierra Buttes can be seen in the far distance.

Backpacking to Glacier Lake from Grouse Ridge in the Tahoe National Forest can be both challenging and rewarding. Backpacking it is hard.

The campground area at Crystal Lake is primitive but spacious. We arrived earlier than most of the backpackers the day we arrived and were lucky enough to be able to camp away from the main camping area and be down closer to Crystal Lake. We were able to do this because we spent the night before at the Grouse Ridge Campground and then headed over to the backpacking parking area and started early before the backpackers arrived.

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May 1, 2026May 3, 2026

Hiking to Ooh Ahh Point in the Grand Canyon

A view overlooking the Grand Canyon out on the horizion. — The view from Ohh Ahh Point looking out to the vast horizon of part of the Grand Canyon.

The hike to Ooh Ahh Point, a short one-mile hike, is pretty easy on the way down. The way back up is another story and on an average of 11.2 percent grade for about a mile. Once you get to Ooh Ahh Point, it’s easy to see why it’s named what it is.

Looking out at the Grand Canyon is breathtaking from here. The colors and the vastness of the canyon are awe-inspiring as you look across to the horizon and down into the canyon where you can see the trails far below you go.

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April 1, 2026May 3, 2026

Hiking Kennedy Meadows to Relief Reservoir

Relief Reservoir sits in the base of Granite cliffs. — Relief Reservoir sits in the Eastern Sierra Mountains just south of Kennedy Meadows.

We wanted to get out of our normal Northern California area and explore an area we haven’t been to, and we headed to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Tuolumne County off of Highway 108 to hike to Relief Reservoir.

We pulled in at the Kennedy Meadows Resort & Pack Station, and we hiked out from there. This Kenndey Meadows is not to be confused with the Kennedy Meadows along the Pacific Crest Trail.

The hike starts out behind a locked gate on a mountain road at about 6,400 feet and eventually climbs to a little more than 7,300 feet. But don’t be fooled; the elevation doesn’t offer much summer heat relief.

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