Places

Places Banff with the family A family trip through Banff: glacier-fed lakes, the hike-in tea houses, canoes, and the Icefields Parkway. September 10, 2022 Places Cucamonga, a 15-liter solo run A fastpack experiment: everything in a 15-liter bag, up to Cucamonga after work and a jog home in time for a concert. July 29, 2022 Places Alta Peak and six bears A backpack with my dad over Alta Peak and off-trail to Moose Lake in Sequoia, with a six-bear tally. July 8, 2022 Places Idyllwild 4×4 with Sean A quick Bronco run on the Idyllwild forest roads, camping the free yellow-post sites in the pines. July 2, 2022 Places First time in Laguna A first hang in Laguna Beach with Lindsay, OC coves and tide pools. June 20, 2022 Places Spring camp and a Mammoth run A late-May camp-and-run at Mammoth, in the sweet spot where spring skiing and dirt trails overlap. May 28, 2022 Places Hamilton Lake, our first solo backpack Our first solo backpack: up to Hamilton Lake on the High Sierra Trail, hot chaparral to cold granite, with a bear for… May 19, 2022 Places Strawberry Peak, where Sean proposed A quick family hike up Strawberry Peak, the San Gabriel summit where Sean proposed. May 14, 2022 MB Places Bend and Mt. Bachelor A group ski trip to Bend and Mt. Bachelor, spring conditions ranging from ice to corn, with the brewery town to land… April 7, 2022 Places Snow camping near Bishop The WTC snow-camp capstone: snowshoeing into the high Eastern Sierra near Bishop and sleeping on the snowpack. March 25, 2022