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Hello, I’m Drew! I created Trail to Peak in 2014 to share my love of local hiking trails here in Southern California. Since then, my humble blog has grown to include detailed guides of my favorite hikes, comprehensive guides of my backpacking trips around the globe, and thorough reviews of all the gear I use along the way.
Popular Backpacking Trip Guides
The John Muir Trail
211 miles through the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in California. This guide includes gear recommendations, permits, daily trip reports, and more.
Tour du Mont Blanc
A 106 mile hike through France, Italy, and Switzerland. This guide includes gear recommendations, lodging tips, daily trip reports, and more.
The Ausangate Trek
A 43 mile hike starting at 12,000ft and reaching high passes close to 17,000ft in the Andes of Peru. This is my personal favorite and the trip I recommend most.
Popular Hiking Trail Guides
Little Lakes Valley Trail (Gem Lakes)
This 8.5-mile out-and-back hike passes by six alpine lakes and provides side trail options to quite a few more. Hikers will pass under the 13,000+ ft mountain peaks of Bear Creek Spire, Mt. Dade, Mt. Abbot, and Mt. Mills.
Big Pine Lakes North Fork
Starting at the Big Pine Creek Campground, this trail passes by Mt. Alice, before entering the John Muir Trail Wilderness of Inyo National Forest. There are 7 Big Pine Lakes, numbered sequentially.
Santa Cruz Island: Channel Islands NP
In this guide, I’ll provide all of the information you need to go camping and hiking on Santa Cruz Island, the largest island in Channel Islands National Park.
Popular Travel Trip Guides
Iceland’s Ring Road
This guide covers all 827.7 miles of The Ring Road (Þjóðvegur 1). From the Golden Circle to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and everything in between.
10 Days in Japan
This 10 day itinerary covers multiples stops from Kyoto to Tokyo by using the JR Rail Pass. See Koyasan, Nikko, Kamakura, Miyajima, and more.
A 1 Day Road Trip in Death Valley
A 43 mile hike starting at 12,000ft and reaching high passes close to 17,000ft in the Andes of Peru. This is my personal favorite and the trip I recommend most.
