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Do you have questions about our 2025 guided trips, such as: If so, Katie and I invite you to chat with us one-on-one. Details: Please schedule an appointment only if you are serious about a 2025 trip. And, beforehand, please refer to the website to answer basic questions. We’ll see you next week!
With most of our 2025 trips, we assemble a route that is appropriate for the group. With our Signature Series trips, we reverse this: we assemble a group that is appropriate for the route. These itineraries, which are not offered each year, include thru-hiking the Overland Route or Kings Canyon High Basin Route, bagging Class 3-4 peaks in the…
The first iteration of our 2025 guided trip schedule is now live, featuring locations, dates, and trip types. This version sets us up for the open application period, December 9-22. With the applications we receive in that time, we will finalize the schedule with fitness levels, guide teams, and other details.
To help Katie Gerber and me with the guided trips, immediately after the New Year I plan to bring on a full-time Program Manager. If you’re interested in and qualified for this position, please apply by December 6, 2024. Context My goal in making this hire is simple: to delegate more of my responsibilities. The…
For eleven seasons I’ve asked our clients to complete a post-trip survey to gather feedback about our guides, locations, meals, and curriculum, plus their overall satisfaction. Reviewing the results is a time commitment — this year it’s a 107-page document, and I have a few more pages of quantitative data! But it’s entirely worthwhile effort,…
This Italian-themed breakfast recipe is a refreshing savory alternative to the typical overly sweet trail breakfast. The oats give it a creamy pasta-like texture and the addition of olive oil and Parmesan provide satiation and lasting energy that you won’t get from a packet of sweetened instant oatmeal. Meal stats Those wanting more calories or…
The High Sierra is probably our favorite backpacking destination in the lower 48. The range is huge and intricate; the towering mountains are majestic; the off-trail travel is both blissful and exciting; road access is very limited; and the crowded, high-use areas are easy to leave behind. These are just a few of the reasons…
Update, May 22, 4pm: The 11-day spot on 2A has been filled. The 7-day spot on 1C remains open. Update, May 23, 5pm: The 7-day spot on 1C is no longer available. All our Alaska trips are full. Due to recent cancellations, I have two spots available on our upcoming trips to Alaska’s Brooks Range. Starting…
We have a limited number of spots available on our High Sierra trips in July and August. Nearly all the trips had been full, but we recently added two new sessions. As I write this post, we have spots on: For travel and logistics information for these locations, go here. For updated trip availability and…
The Brooks Range offers arguably the greatest wilderness trekking in North America. But it has no trails or bridges; it’s the subject of no guidebooks and few online trip reports; it’s crossed by only one road; and it’s home to a gazillion tussocks and mosquitoes — So how do you plan a successful backpacking trip…