Sleep among the Sequoias. Guided wilderness travel.
Designed as a welcoming introduction to backcountry living, balancing physical effort with ample time to relax. The journey moves from quiet forests into open meadows.
This route creates a true loop through the high country, allowing us to see new terrain every day without retracing our steps. The itinerary begins with a steady ascent into a chain of alpine lakes.
The capstone experience—a week-long expedition through the heart of the Southern Sierra. The route descends into a massive river drainage before climbing steeply into high-altitude granite expanses.
An immersive progression into advanced off-trail travel. We leave the established paths early to navigate a complex network of high alpine basins and granite plateaus.
Subjective ratings like "Easy" or "Hard" mean different things to different people. Other systems require a calculator to understand. We value clarity and preparation.
The Crux Rule: A trip is rated by its hardest single day (or section). If a 5-day trip is mostly flat but has one day of vertical scrambling, the entire trip is rated for that specific challenge.
Consider a standard training loop: 3 miles round-trip on a loose dirt trail with 1,800ft of elevation gain.