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Sierra Nevada

Glen Pass Featured

September 17, 2020

Glen Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Glen Pass, the 11,969 ft / 3,648 m pass named for Forest Service ranger Glen H. Crow, is the second Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers and the eighth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail (JMT) hikers. It's located 11.6 mi / 18.67 km north of Forester

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Muir Pass Featured

September 10, 2020

Muir Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Muir Pass, the 11,969 ft / 3,648 m pass named for John Muir, a Scottish-American naturalist, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and nature-enthusiast, is the fifth Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the fifth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Pinchot Pass Featured

September 3, 2020

Pinchot Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Pinchot Pass, the 12,093 ft / 3,686 m pass named for Gifford Pinchot, the 1st head of the United States Forest Service, is the third Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the fourth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail hikers). It's located just 9.8 mi

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Mather Pass Featured

August 24, 2020

Mather Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow

Mather Pass, the 12,093 ft / 3,686 m pass named for Stephen Mather, the 1st Director of the National Park Service, is the fourth Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers (and the third encountered by southbound John Muir Trail hikers). Despite it not being as high

California,  John Muir Trail,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

The Sierra High Route

July 13, 2020

The Sierra High Route (+ the Southern SHR)

I've spent a lot of time in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains - hiking through them twice on the Pacific Crest Trail (in both snow-free and snow-covered conditions) and making countless other (shorter) trips in via both the eastern and western slopes. The 400 mi / 640 km long range is home to

Sierra High Route California,  Pre-Departure,  Sierra Nevada

January 26, 2017

Fall Hiking In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

Some of my favorite places in the world can be found in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and I've recently discovered my favorite time of the year to be there: the fall (or autumn as some readers know it). Why? Over the course of four days my group and I saw zero bugs and crossed paths

California,  Photo Gallery Sierra Nevada,  Weather

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Sierra Section Hikes

November 18, 2015

Best Section Hikes of the PCT: The Sierra

The Sierra is widely regarded as the "best" section of the Pacific Crest Trail (although Washington is usually a close second). If you're looking to hike only a small portion of the PCT, then practically any section of the Sierra would make an incredible section hike (except maybe for the section

California,  Pacific Crest Trail PCT Section Hikes,  PCT Sierra,  Sierra Nevada

Yosemite Mist Trail Waterfall 2

October 23, 2014

Hiking Yosemite Part IV: The Mist Trail

Wait, where's Part III? Here you go: Hiking Yosemite Part III: Up The Half Dome Eventually I give up waiting for someone to show up with a wing suit or some BASE jumping equipment and decide to make my way down the treacherous Half Dome cables. However, the way down poses an entirely new

California Sierra Nevada,  Yosemite

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