Top 5 Books to Read Before Your Yosemite Visit!
Become a Yosemite Buff with these Informative Reads! By: Otto Ross While Yosemite’s natural splendor and waterfalls will keep you enthralled during your visit, reading some of the great works written about the park will give your trip a whole new depth and perspective. Yosemite Falls is all the more amazing when you’ve read […]
6 Ways to Find Local Adventure!
The Best Website to Help You Discover Adventures in Your Own Backyard By: Will Heaps Today I decided to get caught up on social media. I cleared away the cobwebs of emotionally charged political comments and “share if you care” posts. What remained was a series of inspiring shots of nature that got me itching to […]
Take Only Photos, Leave Only Footprints
Discovering the Importance of LNT Principals By: Kimball Stewart With well over 5 million people visiting Yosemite National Park this past year, understanding an individual’s impact on the land is critical. Like with all of our protected lands, we love Yosemite because it offers us a taste of the wilderness—or at least of the environment […]
The Top 5 Reasons To Get Your Child Wilderness Certified
By: Amelia Roland Believe it or not, summer is only a few months away! We know it can be hard to motivate your child into participating in anything other than group chats and Netflix binges, but what if we told you your child can have an amazing summer experience, gain leadership skills and confidence in […]
Baby Your Booties and Save Your Soles
5 Tips on Walking Confidently on Your Next Adventure! By: William Heaps Last fall my wife and I travelled to Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago. In my last entry, “START. TODAY.”, I discussed the history of the trail and the call it gives us to begin wherever we are and jump into […]
A Month in the Backcountry
How a 30 day Adventure in the Wilderness Will Change your Life By: Kimball Stewart (For more details, visit Yosemite Leadership Expedition.) A short backpacking trip is often enough to instill delight and gratification beyond what many other activities can offer. By simply stepping into the wilderness for a few days—and leaving the routines […]
Backcountry Gourmet!
Five Backpacking Recipes You’ll Drool Over By: Kimball Stewart Most people equate backpacking food with dehydrated food. Simply adding hot water to a bag of ingredients is easy and surprisingly tasty, but it’s not the only way to eat in the backcountry. After a long day spent on the trail, hunger can be an unwieldy beast. […]
START. TODAY.
What the Camino de Santiago teaches us about the first step. By: Will Heaps The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage that traditionally passes through the northern provinces of Spain. It was walked 1,000 years before Christ in celebration of the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. The route ended at Finisterre, meaning “the end […]
No Half Dome Permit? No Problem!
The Best Yosemite Summits Without a Permit By: Otto Ross No Half Dome Permit? No Problem! While Half Dome is certainly an iconic Yosemite destination, acquiring permits in the lottery can be an arduous and frustrating ordeal. Here are five amazing summits in Yosemite National Park that allow you to skip the permit process […]
Our Winter Review: Oros Apparel
We love summer! It’s our season. The weather is warm, the grass is green and the backcountry campfires seem endless. So needless to say when we decided to offer winter trips for the first time we didn’t entirely know what we were getting ourselves into. Sure I’d considered myself a seasoned snow person. I’ve been […]
Featured Gear Review: Gregory’s Jade and Zulu Backpacks
Looking for a new backpack? Read our review on Gregory’s Jade and Zulu backpacks! This year we put Gregory’s latest packs, the Zulu & Jade, up to the test of a busy summer season with Yosemite’s #1 rated guide company. Here’s our take on how they did out there in the wilderness. Here at Lasting Adventures, we […]
Leave No Trace Principles For Backpacking In Yosemite
At Lasting Adventures, one of our most cherished responsibilities is to be stewards of the parks and lands we love. To this end, I had the amazing opportunity to become a Leave No Trace Master Educator while backpacking through Saguaro National Park last week. The course focused on principles to minimize our impact and educate […]
Hike Half Dome – Your Adventure Bucket List Item to Check Off
Check out our Backpack trips that include Half Dome such as our 4-day Half Dome Backpacking Trip, our famous 6-day Cathedral Lakes to Clouds Rest & Half Dome and our breathtaking 6-day Tuolumne Meadows to Half Dome Backpacking trips. While the typical Half Dome in-a-day hike is certainly an adventure and a challenge, it may not […]
Hiking Half Dome: Everything You Need To Know – A Client’s Perspective
We had a remarkable (aren’t they all) trip hiking Half Dome with Melissa, and her blog here covers everything you would need to know about the trip! From her recommended gear list to what you can expect, we couldn’t agree more with her overview of the Half Dome experience! Here is an excerpt from her post about […]
Yosemite Adventure Summer Camps – Highlights From Our Program Director
As the program director for Lasting Adventures, one of my favorite Yosemite backpacking memories is from my first trip guiding for Lasting Adventures during a summer camp in June, 2013. After 5 days of backpacking through the beautiful meadows of Lyle Canyon, swimming in chilly, high altitude lakes and sitting in awe of the dramatic […]