Can a couple of out-of-shape climbers make it up the Matterhorn by a classic technical route? What is up with “Sierra fourth class”? Can your underwear really make its way into your intestinal tract? Emilie and Patrick find out…
Is solo backpacking stupid? Is it about the journey or the destination? Can hiking in flip-flops grant you “myth” status? Emilie finally reaches the destination, the summit of Mt Whitney, and has her answers…
Excuse the headline. My guide swore me to secrecy. Suffice it to say that I spent a day on a rarely fished stretch of river near Yosemite National Park. Here are some of the 30+ fish we caught that day:
I met my guide at 9am, he hopped i
My original plan for the weekend was to head down to the Whitney region to climb the East Ridge of Mt. Russell. If it’s not on your list yet, it will be after reading this Sierra Descents trip report.
Getting into this area requires a North Fork
2010 marks the second year of the now annual Wanderlust Festival in Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe. Wanderlust offers a combination of some of the world’s best yoga practitioners and a variety of musical performers, all set in nature and the beautif
Here, for your reading and research pleasure, is the ultimate Sierra Nevada Climbing and Backcountry Skiing tick-list – a compilation of compilations, if you will, with links for each adventure.
Each climb/route is linked out to more information a
I credit the American Alpine Club (AAC) Sierra Nevada Section (SNS) with introducing me to two of the best kept secrets in the Sierras: the Lost Trail Lodge and ice climbing in Coldstream Canyon.
I first joined them for the annual event in Febr
In November 2007, a man died after climbing Cathedral Peak in Yosemite with his partner. They expected to return the same day but were trapped on the descent when it began to snow, and one climber succumbed to hypothermia. In June 2008, a man died
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our newest Sierra Journal writer, Emilie Cortes. Here is an amazing trip report from an August Trip up Mt. Sill’s Swiss Arete, one of the Sierra’s great classic alpine rock routes. A perfect way to bid adieu to summer.
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I packed the gear the night before, Dara checked the weather, and I was even somewhat awake at 6 am. It seemed like sneaking out on a Wednesday morning to drive to Lake Tahoe was shaping up to be an excellent idea. I had taken the day off from work
