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10 Overnight Backpack Trips in Southern California

April 13, 2016 By Jeff H 29 Comments

The word is out. Southern California has a veritable plethora of hiking trails. And a plethora and a half of hikers exploring them. 99.9% of hikers are firmly in the day-hike only camp, and usually it’s just a matter of not knowing how to start and where to go to gain some backpacking experience. With this in […]

Filed Under: Backpacking, Hiking News Tagged With: Backpacking, Catalina, Crystal Cove, San Bernardino, San Gorgonio, Six-Pack of Peaks

Trans-Catalina Trail

March 12, 2010 By Jeff H

Santa Catalina is a beautiful island located only 27 miles off the coast of southern California. Though Catalina is a short 90 minute boat ride away, it feels like another world. There are two small, quaint towns on the island — Avalon and Two Harbors — and the remainder of the island is primarily wilderness […]

Filed Under: Backpacking, Trail Guides Tagged With: Avalon, Backpacking, Catalina, Catalina Island, island, Trail Guide, Trans-catalina Trail, Two Harbors, wilderness

Training for the JMT… on Santa Catalina Island

March 10, 2010 By Jeff H 4 Comments

Joan and I sat down and did some serious working on our training plans for the John Muir Trail. On a typical week we will log at least 25 miles, with a minimum of two, hilly mid-week conditioning hikes and one long weekend hike. We’ll be adding in training at higher elevation, primarily on local […]

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