List of California backpacking trips with trail descriptions and photos

Coast Camp
- Coast Camp (Coast Trail) (April 2024)
- Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (July 2022)
- Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (November 2021)
- Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (June 2021)
- Coast Camp #13A, Coast Trail/Santa Maria Beach and Laguna Trail (June 2019)
- Coast Camp #2, Coast Trail/Santa Maria Beach and Laguna Trail (June 2018)
- Coast Camp #7, Coast Trail and Laguna Trail (August 2017)
- Coast Camp #14, Laguna Trail (August 2015)
- Coast Camp #1, Loop (August 2014)
- Coast Camp (Coast Trail and Laguna Trail ) October 2013
- Coast Camp (Laguna Trail) May 2012
- Coast Camp (Coast Trail) February 2011
Wildcat Camp
Glen Camp (January 2013)

Angel Island State Park
Marin Headlands
- Hawk Camp (May 2014)
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Ohlone Wildernss/Sunol Regional Park, Round Valley Regional Preserve & Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

Hawks Rest
Stars Rest
Eagle Springs
Maggies Half Acre
- Maggies Half Acre April 2006
- Maggies Half Acre May 2004
Sunol to Del Valle
Boyd Camp
Round Valley Regional Preserve Group Camp
Stewartville Backpack Camp, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

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Castle Rock, Big Basin State Park, Pescadero Creek
County Park, Butano State Park, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Portola Redwoods State Park
***New Reservation System is in effect with guide here***

- Skyline to the Sea trail
  - Skyline to the Sea Trail, Full trip June 2015 (Saratoga Gap to Waddell Beach)
  - Skyline to the Sea Trail, Partial trip February 2002 (Castle Rock to Big Basin HQ)
- Castle Rock State Park
  - Castle Rock Trail Camp, January 2023
  - Castle Rock Trail Camp (updated with map and profile from 2014 trip)
- Slate Creek Trail Camp
- Shaw Flat Trail Camp
  - Shaw Flat Trail Camp July 2016
- Twin Redwoods
- Butano Trail Camp
  - Butano Trail Camp, July 2018 (firefighter trip)
  - Butano Trail Camp, June 2011
- Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
  - Forest of Nisene Marks State Park December 2014
  - Forest of Nisene Marks State Park February 2012

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Henry W Coe State Park
- Upper Camp
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		The LIST Sierra Trips Tahoe National Forest Peter Grub Hut (snow trip) Fordyce Creek Loch Leven Lake Loch Leven March 2009 (snow trip) Loch Leven February 2006 (snow trip) Loch Leven Lakes July 2004 Loch Leven March 2004 (snow trip) Loch Leven February 2004 (snow trip) Loch Leven January 2004 (snow trip) Penner Lake Penner Lake June 2015 Penner Lake August 2005 Penner Lake May 2001 Back to MAP El Dorado National Forest & Desolation Wilderness El Dorado National Forest Hell Hole Reservoir Desolation Wilderness Stony Ridge Lake Gilmore Lake and Mt Tallac Gilmore Lake and Half Moon Lake/Alta Morris Lake September 2023 Gilmore Lake and Mt Tallac July 2015 Gilmore Lake and Mt Tallac August 2007 Lake of the Woods Tamarack Lake Tamarack Lake July 2013 Water Taxi Tamarack Lake October 2008 Lake Sylvia Maude Lake via Rockbound Trailhead August 2016 (with day hike to Lake Doris and Lake Lois) Lake Aloha Bayview Trailhead to Meeks Bay Trailhead via Upper Velma Lake & Stony Ridge Lake Back to MAP Meiss Country Roadless Area & Mokelumne Wilderness & Stanislaus National Forest/Carson Iceberg Wilderness Carson Iceberg Wilderness/Stanislaus National Forest Bull Run Lake and Heiser Lake Meiss Country Roadless Area Dardanelles Lake Round Lake Round Lake June 2014 Round Lake July 2005 Round Lake May 2005 Round Lake June 2003 Round Lake October 2000 Scotts Lake Scotts Lake Scotts Lake (snow trip) Showers Lake Big Meadow Trailhead to Echo Summit Trailhead August 2011 (Tahoe Rim Trail) Mokelumne Wilderness Fourth of July Lake Fourth of July Lake October 2017 Fourth of July Lake October 2001 Red Lake Long Lake Beebe Lake Back to MAP Emigrant Wilderness Bear Lake Grouse Lake Piute Meadow/Camp Lake Lilypad Lake, Piute Lake, Gem Lake, Jewlery Lake, Deer Lake, Camp Lake Relief Reservoir and Grouse Creek via Kennedy Meadows Trailhead Kennedy Creek Crabtree Trailhead to Grouse Lake, Wood Lake, Deer Lake, Grouse Lake and back to trailhead (also walked by Jewelry Lake, Gem Lake & Buck Lakes) - July 2019 Back to MAP Yosemite National Park Crocker Point Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Rancheria Falls) Back to MAP Trinity Alps (not on the map, it is way up north) Echo and Summit Lakes Back to MAP Lassen Volcanic National Park (not on the map either) Rainbow Lake (and day hike to Cinder Cone) Back to MAP Bay Area Trips Point Reyes National Seashore, Angel Island State Park, Marin Headlands Point Reyes National Seashore Coast Camp Coast Camp (Coast Trail) (April 2024) Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (July 2022) Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (November 2021) Coast Camp (Laguna Trail and Coast Trail) (June 2021) Coast Camp #13A, Coast Trail/Santa Maria Beach and Laguna Trail (June 2019) Coast Camp #2, Coast Trail/Santa Maria Beach and Laguna Trail (June 2018) Coast Camp #7, Coast Trail and Laguna Trail (August 2017) Coast Camp #14, Laguna Trail (August 2015) Coast Camp #1, Loop (August 2014) Coast Camp (Coast Trail and Laguna Trail ) October 2013 Coast Camp (Laguna Trail) May 2012 Coast Camp (Coast Trail) February 2011 Wildcat Camp Wildcat Camp (June 2023) via Palomarin Trailhead Wildcat Camp (October 2020) via Palomarin Trailhead Wildcat Camp (April 2019) via Bear Valley Trailhead Wildcat Camp (March 2018) via Palomarin Trailhead Wildcat Camp (November 2015) via Palomarin Trailhead Wildcat Camp (November 2003) via Palomarin Trailhead Glen Camp (January 2013) Angel Island State Park Ridge Site #4 (December 2023) East Bay Site #2 (July 2023) East Bay Site #1 (April 2022) Ridge Site #4 (July 2021) East Bay Site #1 (April 2019) Ridge Site #4 (April 2016) East Bay Site #1 (April 2014) East Bay Site #1 (July 2013)-"long route" East Bay Site #2 (April 2013) East Bay Site #1 (June 2012)-short route Sunrise Site #8 (June 2010) Marin Headlands Hawk Camp (May 2014) Back to MAP Ohlone Wildernss/Sunol Regional Park, Round Valley Regional Preserve & Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve Hawks Rest Stars Rest Eagle Springs Eagle Springs March 2015 Eagle Springs October 2011 Eagle Springs May 2009 Eagle Springs April 2005 Maggies Half Acre Maggies Half Acre April 2006 Maggies Half Acre May 2004 Sunol to Del Valle Boyd Camp Round Valley Regional Preserve Group Camp Stewartville Backpack Camp, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve Back to MAP Castle Rock, Big Basin State Park, Pescadero Creek County Park, Butano State Park, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Portola Redwoods State Park *New Reservation System is in effect with guide here* Skyline to the Sea trail Skyline to the Sea Trail, Full trip June 2015 (Saratoga Gap to Waddell Beach) Skyline to the Sea Trail, Partial trip February 2002 (Castle Rock to Big Basin HQ) Castle Rock State Park Castle Rock Trail Camp, January 2023 Castle Rock Trail Camp (updated with map and profile from 2014 trip) Slate Creek Trail Camp Shaw Flat Trail Camp Shaw Flat Trail Camp July 2016 Shaw Flat Trail Camp August 2009 Twin Redwoods Butano Trail Camp Butano Trail Camp, July 2018 (firefighter trip) Butano Trail Camp, June 2011 Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Forest of Nisene Marks State Park December 2014 Forest of Nisene Marks State Park February 2012 Back to MAP Henry W Coe State Park Upper Camp Back to MAP To view the chronological list of trips click here.