Dewey Point is considered to be one of the best views in Yosemite. It's a breathtaking precipice, with visibility for miles and providing an almost 360 view of Yosemite Valley including El Capitan, Clouds Rest, Sentinel Dome and more. The most common way to get to Dewey Point is via The McGurk Meadow Trail. You can also access it via...

The key to clothing on any hiking trip regardless of location or distance is LAYERS. Make sure that you have the proper layers so that you can easily add or remove during your hike to be the most comfortable. That being said, there is not a specific must have list of what to wear hiking. Most of this is going...

Cooper Canyon Falls is a pretty nice hike by Southern California standards that flows year round and roars in April/May from snow run off. Burkhart Trail to get there is mostly shaded, lots of trees, and you follow a creek to a big waterfall at the end of the hike. It's also not super crowded. Definitely one of my...

We use and dispose of so many products (and plastic), we don't even realize it. If you're like me, once you go out into the world on your own, you use all the same products that your parents did when you lived at home. The products we use get ingrained in us and using them becomes more of a...

Download this list as a PDF Essential Backpacking Gear For Any Location This is your standard essential gear that will always be with you on every trip. Trail Backpack: Osprey Backpack I just got an Osprey Atmos 65 backpacking pack from REI and I love it! It comes with a day pack inside the pack that can be fully removed, hydration sleeve,...

The General Sherman Tree is touted as the "biggest tree in the world"! It's not really the biggest or the widest tree, but because sequoias are so dense, it's the largest volume tree. Never the less, it's still a cool thing to see. One of the stables of The Giant Forest, and the park's main attraction so if you're...

The park services didn't exactly think outside the box much when naming this trail. It's not much of a hike, but it is a nice little stroll through The Giant Forest around a meadow which allows you to see some really beautifully big trees. Overview: Distance: 3/4 mi Type: Loop Time: 20mins Elevation at trailhead:  6,200 feet...

Bryce Canyon is my favorite canyon national park. It's just so unique and cool! You literally can't look anywhere without saying "Wow". It's also on the small side as far as national parks go - there's not a whole lot of variety of activities since the park pretty much only consists of one big awesome canyon. It's easy to...

Colby Canyon offers a scenic route up to both Josephine Peak and Strawberry Peak (most challenging peak in the front range of the San Gabriels). This hike gives you great 360-degree views of the surrounding areas from the top of these mile-high peaks. Overview: Distance: 4.3 - 8 one way(depending on route) Type: Out & Back Time:...

Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley is a much more impressive crater than I initially thought it would be. It's about 1/2mi wide and 600ft deep. The really impressive part of the crater are the incredible colors as the hole gets deeper. The crater wasn't created by a meteor, but rather a volcanic steam explosion that essentially blew the top...