Slack packing is a term used to describe hiking part of a trail with a near-empty pack. Even though we had 17 miles to hike, our fourth day was light and fast. Plus we had a bath and a bed to comfort us at the end of the day.
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Our third day on the PCT took us from sagebrush and cacti to oak and pine trees. We topped out at 6000 feet near the summit of Laguna Mountain.
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Our second day out on the PCT had us doing ups and downs, following roads, and visiting campgrounds.
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In early December I travelled south to the warm high deserts east of San Diego. My husband and I were going to hike the first 110 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Last week I had the ridiculous good fortune of being able to take a trip to San Diego. One day of our trip we drove out to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to hike and see the amazing mass bloom of wildflowers.
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Sequoia National Park is a place of extremes. In the frontcountry zone of the park, you can find the Giant Sequoia Trees, considered the largest living things on Earth. In the backcountry, you find the tallest peak in the Lower 48 of the United States: Mount Whitney.
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Sequoia National Park is a huge park, encompassing thousands of feet of vertical terrain to explore. The main frontcountry area is mostly between 5,000 and 9,000 feet, offering exploration of the montane forest, home to the Giant Sequoias.
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This past summer’s thru-hike of the John Muir Trail took me through a large swath of Kings Canyon National Park. We travelled along the western corridor of the park for eight full days, giving me a great sense of appreciation and awe for all that the Park protects.
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Kings Canyon is really designed as a backpacker’s park, with most of the over 450,000 acres requiring an overnight hike to access. My first two visits to Kings Canyon National Park were through the backcountry…
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The front-country zone of Kings Canyon National Park only touches on a small piece of the large park, but is certainly worth a few days (or more!) of exploring, especially when you tie it in with a visit to Sequoia National Park