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Here's a couple I would consider if I had 2 nights. I've never snowshoe'd though, so I don't know if any extra considerations needs to be factored in with that in mind... - Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is an awesome 2-nighter (requires a shuttle or hitching a ride back to the start), but...

There's a couple of campgrounds in the park, as well as one other NPS campground (Indian Cove i think?) which is officially part of the park but is in a detached area of land only accessible from the road between the town of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms. There's two significant areas of BLM...

I've been trying to reduce my pack weight with newer, lighter gear but I'm far from a serious ultralighter. I did 2 weeks in the Sierra this summer with a 48L Osprey Kestrel pack. It was tight but I liked it as it forced me to pack light. The bear canister took up most of the space; the longest...

Two of these asshats pleaded guilty yesterday. They were ordered to pay $9k in fines and banned for 5 years from all by Dept. of Interior lands amongst others. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/16073.htm EDIT: Oh man, I just checked their FB page and they're still trying to justify/deflect...

If anyone's interested in saving a bit of money, there are Chinese imitations of the Peak Design clip floating around on Amazon/eBay for about a third of the price of the Peak Design original. They're usually sold under the name "DSLR/Go Pro Camera Clip Mount Plate" or something similar. I have...

Beautiful!

Many modern cameras released in the last few years have GPS functionality built in, which is often enabled as default on buying the camera. Many folks aren't even aware of it or what it does, let alone know that they'd possibly need to turn it off. Personally, I do add GPS co-ordinates to my...

In comparison to elsewhere it is pretty good I think, but it can get hit pretty hard too. The last few summers have had several prolonged periods of heavy, monsoonal rain and even snow for days, even weeks at a time. In fact, last summer on July 9th, it snowed heavily enough to close Highway 120...

Beautiful pics and report! I ate dinner on this big rock in the center in July and camped just about where you took this photo from! Beautiful spot right? Here's my trip report if you're interested. It's beautiful but rough back there right? I think Glen Pass was the toughest climb for me...

Great pics! Kinda cool to see a report on BCP from my neck of the woods (well, 300-ish miles north of me, but still....). I've never hiked in the Lake District but it sure looks beautiful. Definitely a completely contrasting landscape and style of hiking to what one finds in the US Southwest.

The above hearing was moved to today, some interesting points to come from the meeting: - No grazing permittees in the area affected by the proposal have given permission for the Escalade resort to be constructed. - The entire Navajo Nation workforce costs $22m/yr to fund. It's an insane...

Seen this all over my FB this morning too, crazy story!

Love it!

Canoe & Kayak Magazine just published a great digital feature on the fight to Save The Confluence: http://www.canoekayak.com/the-confluence/ In other news, the Escalade Bill gets it's first hearing before the Navajo Nation's Law & Order Committee on 9/26.

It must be almost time for this right?! I loved last year's album. If you guys don't mind I'd like to make the first contribution for 2016... Last week I did a 65 mile solo hike inside the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland (any interest in a trip report?), where fall arrives early and finishes...

Is anybody who's emailed comments willing to share what they wrote? I'm trying to put something together but am getting a bit stuck...

ACT NOW! The first steps to make the Grand Canyon Escalade Project a reality have been taken. Legislation has officially been submitted to the Navajo Nation and there is now a 5-day public comment period. Send in your comments against the Grand Canyon tramway by this Friday, Sept 2nd at 5:00...

Not sure how I missed this, killer trip! I'd wanted to go via Soldier Lake at the end of my JMT hike in July but ended up apparently missing the turn off, then getting caught in a hailstorm. So I just hustled on to Chicken Spring Lake & Cottonwood Pass....

Nice pics! I really wanna explore more of the Northern Yosemite wilderness, only ever really gone south of Tuolumne Meadows...

http://kutv.com/news/local/nps-irreplacable-petroglyphs-defaced-by-tourists-again Some people are the worst.