Tag / Trail

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Hike Map] The day after we arrived at Lonomea, the crew decided to hike up Koaie Stream to look for a waterfall marked on the topographical map Baron had on his smartphone. Unfortunately, the mapping application malfunctioned, so we would not know how close (or far away) we were from the […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Hike Map] Baron, Josh and I had been talking about backpacking into Waimea Canyon for some time, so we finally committed to doing so on the weekend of Josh’s birthday in June. Though last minute forecasts suggested thunder storms in Hawaii’s “Grand Canyon,” we (Baron, Katie, Rhonda, Paul and I… JOSH […]

Before heading back home to Vegas, we (Luke and I) made a trip down to Antelope Canyon since it was only a few hours away from Zion National Park. We almost bailed out on the idea since we saw so many slot canyons in Utah already… but I’m glad we didn’t. Antelope Canyon is located […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Another popular, more challenging trail that we visited in Zion was Angel’s Landing… or that’s what I had read online and been told by other hikers in the park. The switchbacking trail was paved for 80% of the way, which made the hike fairly quick. […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Before heading to Zion, hiking friend Zach Drury mentioned to me that Echo Canyon was one of his favorite places to go while back home Utah. Taking his recommendation to heart, I made it an appoint to check out the narrow slot canyon while at […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Since our first campsite was closed due to “controlled burning” near Zion’s East Rim Trail on Day 1, we stayed at one of the “walk-in” campsites at the Coal Pits Wash. Conveniently, our campsite was only a few minutes from where we parked, so we […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] After taking a day off to rest and pack for our next adventure, my buddy Luke and I drove up to Utah to do some backpacking and hiking around Zion National Park. Although arriving there later than we had expected because of road work on […]

Playing the safety card, and bailing out on our first TWO attempts due to rainy weather, we decided to make the third time the charm and summit “Razor Ridge” on west Oahu. Although previously thwarting our prior attempts to summit “No Name” Peak from the ridge, the rain did make for exceptionally cooler weather and […]

While my last experience hiking from Ohikilolo ridge to three corners made me despise West Oahu ridges for quite some time, I did not want to pass up an opportunity to do a one-way route from Keaau Ridge up to Keaau Middle Ridge with Baron and many other hiking buddies (Katie, Kaiser, Laora, Darren and […]

Not only does Hilo have the highest density of people on the Big Island (Hawaii Island), it probably has some of the highest concentrations of waterfalls in the State of Hawaii. As a supplement to our “cave” and “fire” theme on this trip, we were lucky to squeeze in several accessible waterfall hikes into our […]