From August 3 – August 10, 2016, we hiked along the route outlined in chapter 3 (Whitebark Country) of Steve Roper’s book, Sierra High Route (SHR). This was our first big...

Summer backpacking season is upon us once again and in a few short weeks, our family will be hitting the trail — or not, as I will explain shortly — and...

My family of 4 hiked the John Muir Trail in July 2015.  We are still on a high from that trip.  Even now, four months later, our conversations at home routinely...