Buffalo River Canoe
July 1-4, 2017 Overview: For the long Fourth of July weekend, we decided to drive down to Arkansas and canoe the Buffalo River with our friend Jillian and some of her friends (now our friends too). Being from the upper…
Category Other Adventures
Trinity Alps Wilderness Long Weekend Out & Back
The PCT travels through the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. This 28-mile out-and-back is not on the PCT, but it is a great option early season when the PCT is covered in snow. It starts at Stuart Fork Trailhead…
Spanish Bike Tour
December 22-29, 2016 Overview In December, 2016, we decided to use our time off of work to head over to Southern Spain for a short bike tour. We didn’t do much research–just bought plane tickets, packed our cycling and camping…
Modified John Muir Trail (JMT)
The red line is the route we walked in 2015. The orange lines show alternate wilderness entry/resupply points. Interested in doing the John Muir Trail (JMT), but the permits are sold out? That happened to us, so we just moved…
Crater Lake National Park Long Weekend
Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is in the Cascade Mountain Range and features the deepest lake in the United States with a beautiful blue color. The 30-mile loop shown above follows the PCT for 16 miles through old growth…
Lassen Volcanic National Park Overnight – Cluster Lakes Loop
Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of California’s lesser known national parks. It is in the Cascade Mountain range and has lots of neat volcanic activity, including volcanoes, steam vents, and bubbling mud pits. The 12-mile loop above has nice…
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Overnight – Clark Fork to Disaster Creek
This is a beautiful, but challenging, 15-mile loop in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. This loop utilizes some less trafficked trails to get to and from the PCT. You may see and/or hear some cows grazing…
