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Quality hiking and backpacking gear isn’t cheap. Often those starting out will have to buy and rebuy gear until they find something that suits their needs. At an increasing rate, readers have been asking for my recommendations regarding gear to avoid wasting money. Here’s a partial list of the gear that I’ve had the best luck with. When available, I’ve added … Read More

After cancelling 3 times (snow, thunderstorms, thundersnow!), JP and I finally made the trip to hike White Mountain Peak. If successful, this would be the second 14’er for both of us. The Plan I had planned this hike as recently as July 11-12. We essentially used the same itinerary, but made stops at Fossils Falls and Patriarch Grove on our way … Read More

Gil (GoHiker.com) and I hiked the High Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney, June 17-22. Here is Day 6 of our trip: If you’ve hiked the High Sierra Trail or plan to do so in the future, please join our Facebook Group, High Sierra Trail! The Plan Day 6 (Mon) – hike Whitney Summit to Whitney Portal Hike 10.7 miles || 6 hrs LEG 6 Total: 10.7 miles || 6 hrs  The … Read More

Gil (GoHiker.com) and I hiked the High Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney, June 17-22. Here is Day 5 of our trip: If you’ve hiked the High Sierra Trail or plan to do so in the future, please join our Facebook Group, High Sierra Trail! The Plan Day 5 (Sun) – Wallace Creek Crossing to Whitney Summit Wallace Creek to Crabtree Ranger Station (36.564841,-118.348074) 4.2 miles || … Read More

Gil (GoHiker.com) and I hiked the High Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney, June 17-22. Here is Day 4 of our hike: If you’ve hiked the High Sierra Trail or plan to do so in the future, please join our Facebook Group, High Sierra Trail! The Plan Day 4 (Sat) – Kern Hot Springs to Wallace Creek Crossing (36.590791,-118.370433) Kern Hot Springs to Junction Meadow (36.577869,-118.414035) 7.5 miles … Read More

I had originally planned for an overnight trip to Mt. Langley, but after several cancellations, I decided that I would just take on several day hikes solo. Looking at a list of possible hikes in the area, I decided on Kearsarge Pass for day 2 of my trip, with the possibility of some class 2 and 3 scrambling to Mt. Gould. The Plan Here are the stats … Read More

My wife and I wanted to spend some time outside with my son, but the local forecast was for 100+ degrees F. We decided to head over to San Jacinto Peak to escape the heat, get a little a hiking in, and have some fun riding the Palm Springs Aerial Tram with my son. We spent the afternoon wandering around … Read More

The Plan I had originally planned for an overnight trip to Mt. Langley, but after several cancellations, I decided that I would just take on several day hikes solo. Looking at a list of possible hikes in the area, I decided on Mono Pass, with the possibility of cross country to Mono Pass Peak. Here are the stats I had compiled going into the … Read More

Gil (GoHiker.com) and I hiked the High Sierra Trail to Mt. Whitney, June 17-22. Here is Day 3 of our trip: If you’ve hiked the High Sierra Trail or plan to do so in the future, please join our Facebook Group, High Sierra Trail! The Plan Hike Precipice Lake to Kern Hot Springs (36.478172,-118.405988) Precipice Lake to Big Arroyo (36.521122,-118.533683) 3.6 miles || … Read More

I had originally planned a Mt. Langley overnighter for July 17-18. My plans did not work out, so I decided to stay at the Whitney Portal Hostel for the weekend, spend Friday and Saturday checking out some possible Mt. Whitney acclimation hikes (Mono and Kearsarge Passes, trip reports coming soon), then spend the evenings and early mornings taking photos of … Read More