01 — The Idea
We're not collecting summits. We're after the overlooked hour — the back way in, the road ridden in the wrong direction, the camp you reach just as the light goes long.
Every entry is one trip, told honestly: where to leave the car, what the climb actually feels like, what to pack, and the small detail the guidebooks skip. Famous places, found again from a different angle.
Field Notes
The full index — 08 trips
02
Sleeping in the Alabama Hills
Lone Pine
Camp · 2 nights
Soon
03
Geology Tour Road, alone
Joshua Tree
Gravel · 18 mi
Soon
04
Tuolumne to Glen Aulin
Yosemite
Hike · 11 mi
Soon
05
Meysan Lakes, the long way
Inyo N.F.
Hike · 9 mi
Soon
06
The Bay Trail at last light
East Bay
Path · 14 mi
Soon
07
Bolinas Ridge fire road
West Marin
MTB · 16 mi
Soon
08
Above the inversion
Southern Sierra
Backpack · 3 days
Soon
02 — About
Trees to Trails is a record of the journey — the trails we seek out for biking, hiking, camping, and the slow business of getting outside.
Started years ago, set down, and picked back up. Photographs are ours; the writing is the part we keep returning to. If a single entry sends you somewhere new — at the right hour, by the long way around — it did its job.
Trees to Trails
Made afield in California · MMXXVI