Trip Reports: Long Trails, Routes, Mini Adventures, Backpacks, Day Hikes, Peaks
Long Trails | Routes
My passion for hiking long trails and writing online daily trail journals started in 2010. Click on a long trail to view resources, gear, photos, videos. and daily trail journals.
- Kings Canyon High Basin Route
- Yosemite High Route Northern Section / Southern Section
- Arizona Trail
- Southern Sierra High Route
- Great Divide Trail
- Theodore Solomons Trail
- John Muir Trail (thru-hiked in 2008, 2011, 2012, & 2017)
- Northern New Mexico Loop
- The Hot Springs Trail sections 1 & 2
- Wind River High Route
- High Sierra Trail
- Sierra High Route
- Hayduke Trail
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Lowest to Highest: Badwater to Mount Whitney
- Lost Coast Trail
- Tahoe Rim Trail
- Scotland The Great Outdoor Challenge
- Continental Divide Trail (Colorado and Wyoming)
Mini Adventures
Mini Adventures are 2 to 4 day trips packed with lots of different activities.
- Death Valley National Park
- Eastern Sierra Winter Adventure to Palisades and Alabama Hills Arches
- Mammoth Lakes Ski, Snowshoe and Hike
- Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes Adventure
- Lundy Canyon, Hot Springs, Little Lakes Valley, Convict Lake
- Black Point, Crystal Crag, and Hot Springs
- Canyonland and Arches National Parks
Backpacks, Day Hikes, Peaks
Trail Map Search
Find a great United States backpacking, peak bagging or hiking trip. The map search features either a day hike or peak climb and overnight backpacks with a trip guide to get you out hitting the trail.
Orange Icon: Day Hike or Peak Climb
Blue Icon: Backpack
Arizona
- Grand Canyon National Park – South Kaibab Trailhead to Bright Angel Trailhead
- Grand Canyon National Park – Grandview Trailhead to Horseshoe Mesa
- Grand Canyon National Park – 6 Day Backpack
California
Southern California
- Joshua Tree National Park – Lost Palms Oasis Trail
- Joshua Tree National Park – Smith Water Canyon to Quail Mountain
- Joshua Tree National Park -Boy Scout Trail to Rattlesnake Canyon
- Lake Arrowhead
- San Jacinto Peak
- Mt. Baden-Powell
- Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
- Tehachapi Mountain
- Red Rock Canyon State Park – Nightmare Gulch Loop
- Red Rock Canyon State Park – Red Cliffs, Hagan Canyon and Desert View Nature Trail
- Five Fingers Peak
- Butterbredt Peak
- Cross Mountain
- Backus Peak
- Owens Peak
- Butterbredt, Mayan, Pinyon, Gold, Walbrecht Peaks
- Sawtooth Peak
- Red Mountain, Boulder Peak, Jurassic Peak
- Spanish Needle
- Golden Trout Wilderness Backpack
- Domeland Wilderness Backpack
Central California
- Crag Peak
- Wonoga Peak
- Lone Pine Peak
- Cirque Peak
- Mount Langley
- Death Valley National Park Dayhikes
- Death Valley National Park – Cottonwood-Marble Canyon Loop Backpack
- Death Valley National Park – Telescope Peak
- Death Valley National Park – Darwin Falls
- Death Valley National Park Traverse – Section 1
- Alabama Hills Arches
- Whitney Portal National Recreation Trail
- Mount Whitney – Mountaineer’s Route
- Mount Russell
- Middle Palisade
- Mount Conness
- Mount Sill
- Kern Kaweah Circumnavigation Backpack
- Bear Lakes Basin Loop Backpack
- Banner Peak and Mount Ritter
- Duck Pass and Crystal Crag
- Minaret Vista and Deadman Pass
- Cloud’s Rest Peak
- Yosemite National Park – Mariposa Grove and Glacier Point Cross-country Ski
- Lundy Canyon, Hot Springs, Little Lakes Valley, Convict Lake
- McGee Creek and North Fork Big Pine Creek Canyons
- June Lake, Fern Lake, Parker Lake
- Black Point, Crystal Crag, and Hot Springs
- Pinnacles National Monument
- Big Sur State Park Backpack