Backpacking
Pioneer Basin & Golden Lake via Mono Pass — July 2026
Three days over Mono Pass with Ariel and Atlas: a beginner-friendly basecamp at Golden Lake, a mosquito-swarmed push into Pioneer Basin, and 10/10 barefoot grass.
Trip Reports
Split Mountain —John Muir Wilderness — June 2026
A non-technical Sierra 14er with a burly approach: Red Lake to the summit of Split Mountain, with route notes and conditions.
Patagonia 2024
This is certainly one of the trips of my lifetime. I am blessed and grateful to have pulled something like this off. Looking back through…
Bear Lakes Basin w/ Mt. Julius Caesar— John Muir Wilderness — July 2025
Before I go any further, this trip was one of — if not THEE most — impressive hike from a “views” perspective that I have ever done. Every…
Mount Sill via North Couloir — John Muir Wilderness — June 2025
A June snow climb of the North Couloir to the summit of Mt. Sill, deep in the Palisades Crest.
The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne — Yosemite NP — Oct 2024
Point-to-point down the Tuolumne past Waterwheel Falls, from the Meadows to White Wolf.
Mt. Langley — Inyo NF — August 2024
One big day on Langley: a training-run summit push with big mileage and bigger views.
Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne Meadows, via Vogelsang Pass and Lyell Fork — Yosemite NP — MDW 2021
This hike happened over a year ago. I’m upset with myself that it took this long to get it on paper because it was truly a fantastic hike…
The Brewer Loop — Kings Canyon NP — July 2020
In March of 2020 I began reading “Up and Down California”, which is William Brewer’s journal from his time as the 2nd-in-Command of the…
Evolution Valley Butterfly Loop— Kings Canyon NP — August 2020
A trip into the Evolution Valley region that included camping in Darwin Bench and two day-hikes into Evolution Basin, Valley, & McGee Lakes
Base Camp Butterly Loop: Shot by Michael Faso on Film (Kings Canyon NP)
Base Camp Butterly Loop: Shot by Michael Faso on Film — August 2020, Kings Canyon NP
Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) Section Hike — Big Meadow to Eagle Lake— Memorial Day Weekend 2020
This hike would be my first multi-day backpacking trip of the year, and more importantly, my first wilderness adventure in a post-Covid…