High Sierra Trail Day 2 - Bearpaw Meadow to Hamilton Lake Sequoia National Park, California Having bitten off a little extra mileage than we planned on our first day out on the High Sierra Trail, we began our second day with a nice, leisurely breakfast before finally breaking camp somewhere around the crack of 10 ...

High Sierra Trail Day 1 - Crescent Meadow to Bearpaw Meadow (11.4 miles) Sequoia National Park, California High Sierra Trail, Day 1: Crescent Meadow to Bearpaw Meadow - After an early wake-up in Visalia, our bus dropped us off a the Giant Sequoia Museum in Sequoia National Park around nine in the morning. We hopped ...

Planning for the High Sierra Trail Sequoia National Park, California Planning for the High Sierra Trail - I would argue that planning to hike the High Sierra Trail was more difficult than the hike itself... Permits First off, permits are absolutely required for the High Sierra Trail and although they're said to be easier to ...

The History of the High Sierra Trail Sequoia National Park, California (*Most of the information was gleaned from a video (below) by Bill Twead, a former park ranger.) History of the High Sierra Trail - The High Sierra Trail is a spectacular 72 mile trek across the famed Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, arguably ...

The High Sierra Trail - The Famous Sierra Nevada Traverse Sequoia National Park, California I will admit that I had no idea what the High Sierra Trail was until a friend emailed me saying: "I just got permits to hike the High Sierra Trail. Want to go?" I still didn't know when I replied, "Yep." ...

One of my New Favorite Camp Spots Ever... Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California Back at the end of August, I road tripped out to California to spend a week backpacking the High Sierra Trail through Sequoia National Park. As amazing as that trail turned out to be, the trip itself is a logistical nightmare (more ...

Mountain Biking the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park Moab, Utah Mountain Biking the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park - The White Rim Road is a 100-mile old mining road that takes you into the backcountry of Canyonlands National Park's Island in the Sky District. It winds down between the mighty Colorado and ...

9 Unreal Sunrises & Sunsets from Utah Moab, Utah Sunrises & Sunsets from Utah - I'm lucky enough to get out to Moab, Utah a few times each year and with a historically bad snow year in the mountains this past winter, I found myself venturing out there four times in the span of three ...

The City of Sunshine? Seattle, Washington After my winter hibernation spent watching photography tutorials, I was excited when my girlfriend had a business trip to Seattle so I could tag along to explore. I'd be able to shoot a new city while playing with some of those new techniques I had been obsessively learning all ...