Backpacking

Please click the links for detailed trip reports and other trip notes. This page is definitely a work in progress so just because there are no links or info does not mean that I do not have it. Please let me know if you have questions or want more information about any of the trips below! 

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Non US

Austria:

Berliner High Route - Tyrol, Austria - September 2014

Stubai High Route - Stubai, Austria - September 2016

Canada:

Great Divide Trail - Canada - September 2018 - 9 days - 192 miles

France:

Chamonix - TMB - Various Day Hikes

Italy:

Dolomites - Various Hikes

New Zealand:

Various Day Hikes

Nepal:

Everest Base Camp - Nepal - November 2010

Peru:

Inca Salkantay Trail - 2008

Laguna Churup - 2019 - 5 miles

Laguna 69 - 2019 - 9 miles

Cordillera Huayhuash - September 2019 - 6 days - 86 miles

Slovenia:

Slovenian Mountain Trail - Slovenia - September 2022 - 9 days - 140 miles
Caltopo Map | Trip Report | Logistics Report

Bled Lake Circuit - Bled - 5 miles

POT - Ljubljana - 15 miles
Info 

Sweden:

Kungsleden - Sweden - September 2017 - 12 days - 225 miles
Trip Report | Logistics Report

In the US

Alaska

Denali - Zone 7 and 6 - August 2023 - 3 days - 18 miles

Hatcher Pass -- Bomber Traverse - August 2023 - 2 days - 24 miles

Chugach - Crows Nest - August 2023 - 2 days - 23 miles

Arizona

Grand Canyon - Rim to Rim to Rim - March 2014 (MW) - 1 day - 47 miles

Grand Canyon - Rim to Rim to Rim - March 2017 - 1 day - 56 miles

Arizona Trail - Picketpost to Sunflower - April 2023 - 5 days - 90 miles

California - Sierra Nevadas:

Mammoth - JMT/PCT Thousand Island Lake Loop - July 2017 - 1 day - 28 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - July 2019 - 5 days *high snow year - 57 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - Snow Lake + Exploration Loop - July 2020 - 8 days - 130 miles

Desolation Wilderness - Wrights/Aloha Lake Loop - July 2020 (MW) - 3 days - 29 miles

Desolation Wilderness - Echo Pass TRT/PCT loop - July 2020 (MW/Dad) - 3 days - 22 miles

Yosemite - Murphy Creek Loop - May 2021 - 5 days - 65 miles

Mammoth - Ediza/Iceburg/Minarett Lakes Loop - July 2021 - 1 day - 18 miles

Bishop - North South Lake Loop - July 2021 - 7 days - 107 miles

Desolation Wilderness - Dicks/Shmidell Lake Loop (MW) - July 2021 - 3 days - 27 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - Bear/Rososco/Pingee Lakes Loop (MW) - July 2021 - 3 days - 26 miles

Kings Canyon - SEKI Loop - August 2021 - 9 days - 161 miles

Yosemite - Budd Creek Loop - May 2022 - 3 days - 38 miles
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Yosemite - Gaylor Lake Loop - June 2022 - 3 days - 44 miles
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Hoover Wilderness - Crown Lake Loop - July 2022 - 3 days - 25 miles
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Emigrant Wilderness - Hyatt Lake Loop - October 2022 (solo) - 2 days - 25 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - Huckleberry Lake Loop - October 2022 - 2 days - 39 miles
Trip Report | Logistics Report 

Yosemite NP - Happy Isles to Merced Lake - May 2023 (solo) - 3 days *high snow year - 48 miles

Sequoia NP - Hospital Rock to Hamilton Lake (solo) - June 2023 - 3 days *high snow year - 44 miles

Desolation Wilderness - Wrights/Lois/Aloha Loop - July 2023 - 4 days *high snow year - 27 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - Deer Lake Loop (solo) - August 2023 - 2 days - 27 miles

Emigrant Wilderness - Groundhog Meadow Loop (solo) - October 2023 - 1 day *smoke - 13 miles

Donner Pass PCT - Fordyce Lake Loop (solo) - October 2023 - 2 days - 32 miles

California - Other:

Mt. Whitney - September 1995

Mt. Shasta - July 2009 (?)

Mt. Shasta - July 2013

Mt. Whitney - November 2013(?)

Trinity Alps - Four Lakes Loop -  July 2018 - 1 day - 24 miles

Trinity Alps - Alpine Lake Loop - July 2018 - 1 day - 20 miles

Mt. Shasta - July 2018 - 1 day - 

Cactus to Clouds (San Jacinto) - Palm Springs - November 2020 - 30 miles - 10,653 ft. gained

Trinity Alps - Caribou Lakes - November 2020 - 3 days *snow - 18 miles

Mt. Whitney - April 2022

Mt. Whitney - September 2022

Colorado:

Colorado Trail - September 2021
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Idaho:

Sawtooths - October 2020

Sawtooths - July 2023
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Oregon:

Three Sisters Loop - September 2020 - 2 days - 51 miles

Timberline Trail - July 2022 - 2 days - 52 miles
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Washington:

Wonderland Trail - September 2020

Enchantments - Snow Lake to Stuart Lake Loop - July 2022 - 1 day - 18 miles
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Rainy Pass - PCT Section L - August 2022 - 5 days - 98 miles
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Wyoming:

Wind River High Route - August 2017 - 7 days *high snow year - 113 miles
Trip Report | Logistics Report

Death Canyon / Paintbrush Loop - Teton National Park - July 2022 - 5 days - 86 miles
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