depending on how you want to see Alaska determines the neccesary training. I took a different sort of guided trip in Aug as well (www.equinoxexpeditions.com)...
Here's a good forum for information on hiking in the San Jacintos: http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/ Is anyone interested in the cactus to clouds hike on October...
How old are your kids? I'm looking to find other people with kids to do some hiking and maybe some Geo Caching (treasure hunters a go go style). Mine are 2...
Kathy, I am interested in possibly doing C2C on the 28th. I did it months back with ODC but because of the snow I did not make it to the top of San Jacinto....
My wife and I are thinking about taking Miss Emily on her first backpacking trip in November. She will be 10 months old then. We are looking at quick...
I'm also interested in hooking up with other hikers with kids. I have a 2 1/2 y.o. girl. Unfortunately, backpacking is out until she's old enough to walk at...
Hi All, If you ladies are looking for kid friendly hikes a good one is Chantry Flats to the Falls the 2 and 3 yo you may have a hard time with because when...
we took our kids (1 & 4) on an overnighter from Chantry to Hoegee's this summer. we went down toward Sturtevant and then up Winter Creek to camp, then took...
Hi looking for some trail info so I know where I'm going and how far I'm running. The trail that leaves the Loch Leven Christian Center does it come out at the...
Dave: We heard that there's snow/ice along the ridge to Russell, so we've put the trip off until next year. I'll order my permit for the trip early so that...
Ahh thats a bummer I was afraid of that. Was hoping to get to the sierra again before this happened. I was considering a trip to Cloudripper 1st weekend of...
Always avoided this hike since it is so busy when I drive by Vincent Gap and dont want to share a trail like that with so many people... but yesterday on our...
I don't recall a knife's edge on Cloudripper. It's a pretty simple hike from Green Lake - no exposure. Here are some pictures I took when I did it: ...
It wasn't quite as ambitious as Yosemite or Desolation Wilderness, but ... Amy, Jean and I had a great time dayhiking on the Nattkemper-Goodspeed Trail, from...
Hmmm thought i had read of a short section that was narrow and exposed and kinda hairy if covered with ice. Perhaps its a different peak. Will maybe...
Kathy, Have a great trip to Arc Dome!! I attempted that last year in my motor home about this time. My destination in the RV was the trail head at Columbine....
Oh yeh, let me ad that HWY 167 from Mono Lake is very scenic (much better than taking HWY 6 out of Bishop). Get gassed up in Hawthorne because the only gas...
my friend is interest in doing an snow camp trip for San Jac, for between, nov. 10 and 20th. v.c. Daniel Woo <weikheong59@...> wrote: Victor, I didn't...
This adventure will be a car-camp with day-hikes ... Oct. 27-29. We are looking to spend two nights, Friday night and Saturday night, and return Sunday...
where are you going to camp? I'm interested in coming out - I have a bronco so I'm good to explore... Barb ... From: "Rob" <backcountryexplorer@...> ...
Hi Barbara, That is a good question. In part, it depends on who is coming and when we can all meet up. I have some fellow students from CSUN that are on the...
I decided I wanted to do the hike to Arc Dome (11,775') in Central Nevada and check out the aspen groves that line the creeks in that area of the Arc Dome...
Tom - I didn't get your message about 167 until I got back. The drive in from Gabbs wasn't bad at all - the roads were in good shape. I'm sure it was a lot...
Nice pics Kathy. The leaves are changing here to and it is quite beautiful up here. A group of people from the Seattlehiking group, I didn't get a chance to...