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All Long Distance Hiking Journals

Below is all of our long distance hiking journals that we have kept.  If you have any questions about a specific entry, drop a comment on that journal post, or drop us a line from the contact page.

long distance hiking journals

Appalachian Trail 2011 | Pacific Crest Trail 2012 | Long Trail 2013

Tahoe Rim Trail 2014 | John Muir Trail 2014 | Wonderland Trail 2014

 Arizona Trail 2015

Beardoh! & SweetPea’s Long Distance Hiking Journals

 

Appalachian Trail 2011

  • Jun 24 – KATAHDIN DAY 1
  • Jun 25 – First Full Southbound Day
  • Jun 26 – Sun
  • Jun 27 – White House Landing
  • Jun 28 – Tired. Long day.
  • Jun 29 – Whitecap Mountain and Beyond
  • Jun 30 – Chairback Mountain and More
  • Jul 1 – To Monson
  • Jul 3 – Bald Mountain Pond
  • Jul 4 – Big Rain
  • Jul 5 – Ferry To a Beautiful Day
  • Jul 6 – Bigelows
  • Jul 7 – Stratton
  • Jul 8 – Sugarloaf and The Crockers
  • Jul 9 – Saddleback Mountain
  • Jul 10 – Easy Like a Sunday Morning.
  • Jul 11 – Bemis, Old Blue, Moody and Hall Mountains
  • Jul 12 – Down to Andover
  • Jul 13 – Grafton Notch, Speck Pond
  • Jul 14 – Mahoosic Notch
  • Jul 15 – On to New Hampshire
  • Jul 16 – Gorham
  • Jul 17 – NOBO’s For The Day
  • Jul 19 – Presidentials Day 1
  • Jul 20 – Presidentials Day 2
  • Jul 21 – Easy Day
  • Jul 22 – Down To Franconia Notch
  • Jul 24 – Kinsman Ridge
  • Jul 25 – Mount Moosilauke
  • Jul 27 – Out from Glencliff
  • Jul 28 – Sumac, Sugar, Super-Throne and Slowfoot
  • Jul 29 – Swag and Vermont!
  • Jul 30 – Berries, The Full Belly, and Little House on The Prairie
  • Jul 31 – On to Killington
  • Aug 1 – Long Trail
  • Aug 2 – Vermont Miles Are Shorter Than Maine Miles
  • Aug 3 – Into Manchester Center
  • Aug 4 – Stratton Pond
  • Aug 5 – Stratton Mountain
  • Aug 6 – Vermont is a Rain Sandwich
  • Aug 7 – Greylock
  • Aug 8 – Into Dalton
  • Aug 9 – Upper Goose Pond
  • Aug 10 – DagNabit
  • Aug 11 – Heading Out of The Woods For a Bit
  • Aug 15 – Encouraging Words From Orthopedist
  • Aug 23 – Half Back On
  • Aug 24 – Rolling Mountains and Packs of 18 Year Olds.
  • Aug 25 – Rain, Volvos, Ice Cream.
  • Aug 26 – Easiest With Some (Too Much) Maine Thrown In.
  • Aug 27 – Escaping Irene
  • Aug 29 – Post Irene
  • Aug 30 – Graymoor
  • Sep 2 – Bear Mountain Bridge
  • Sep 4 – Bear Mountain to Fingerboard Shelter
  • Sep 5 – Lemon Squeeezer
  • Sep 6 – Dark, Rainy, Slippery, and Flooded
  • Sep 7 – Rain. Rain Heavy at Times
  • Sep 12 – Out of Vernon
  • Sep 13 – Highpoint
  • Sep 14 – Into Mohican Outdoors
  • Sep 15 – DWG
  • Sep 16 – Wind Gap
  • Sep 17 – LeHigh Gap
  • Sep 18 – Snakes and Firewalking
  • Sep 19 – Into Windsor Rock
  • Sep 20 – Into Port Clinton
  • Sep 21 – 501
  • Sep 22 – 1000 Miles!
  • Sep 23 – Dark and Stormy
  • Sep 24 – Duncannon
  • Sep 25 – Into Boiling Springs
  • Sep 26 – Into Iron Masters Mansion Hostel
  • Sep 27 – Halfway Mark!
  • Sep 28 – Bye Bye PA
  • Sep 29 – Washington
  • Sep 30 – Harpers Ferry
  • Oct 1 – Cold and Wet
  • Oct 2 – Rollercoaster
  • Oct 3 – Front Royal
  • Oct 4 – Into Shenandoah National Park
  • Oct 5 – Sun and Blue Skies! They Exist…
  • Oct 6 – Picnic Ground Stealth Camping
  • Oct 7 – No Glass at The Campsite
  • Oct 8 – Into Charlottesvile
  • Oct 9 – Back Up to SNP
  • Oct 10 – Out of SNP
  • Oct 11 – The Priest
  • Oct 12 – Into Montebello
  • Oct 13 – Brown Mountain Creek
  • Oct 14 – Matthews Creek
  • Oct 15 – Into Bryant Ridge Shelter
  • Oct 16 – Buchananon and Super Trail Magic
  • Oct 17 – Into Daleville
  • Oct 18 – McAfee Knob
  • Oct 19 – Dragons Tooth
  • Oct 20 – War Spur
  • Oct 21 – Ridge to Perisburg
  • Oct 22 – Into Woods Hole
  • Oct 23 – Into Jennings Shelter
  • Oct 24 – Smooth Virginia Trails
  • Oct 25 – Into Knot Maul
  • Oct 26 – Atkins
  • Oct 27 – Trimpi Shelter
  • Oct 28 – Into Old Orchard
  • Oct 29 – Virginia Highlands
  • Oct 30 – Damascus
  • Oct 31 – Into Double Springs Shelter
  • Nov 1 – Watauga Lake
  • Nov 2 – Kincora
  • Nov 3 – Into Mountain Harbour
  • Nov 4 – Roan Mountain
  • Nov 5 – Curly Maple Gap
  • Nov 6 – In and Out of Erwin
  • Nov 7 – Into Flint Mountain
  • Nov 8 – 1900 Miles and Counting
  • Nov 9 – In and Out of Hot Springs
  • Nov 10 – Into Standing Bear Hostel
  • Nov 11 – Into Tricorner
  • Nov 12 – Into Collins Shelter
  • Nov 13 – Clingmans Dome
  • Nov 14 – Into Fontana
  • Nov 15 – Into NOC
  • Nov 16 – Trail Angel Apple
  • Nov 17 – Into Carter Shelter
  • Nov 18 – Into Georgia
  • Nov 19 – Hiawassee
  • Nov 20 – Wolf Laurel Top
  • Nov 21 – Last Night on The Trail
  • Nov 22- SUMMIT DAY
  • Appalachian Trail (AT) – Post Hike Thoughts

Pacific Crest Trail 2012

  • Apr 2 – Getting Ready
  • Apr 23 – Two Days Until Flight
  • Apr 25 – Out To The West Coast
  • Apr 27 – A Bit About The Journal / Hike
  • Apr 28 – Kickoff Party
  • Apr 29 – Leaving The Border!
  • Apr 30 – Laguna
  • May 1 – Rodriguez
  • May 2 – Gate 3
  • May 3 – Warner Springs
  • May 4 – Warner Springs 2
  • May 5 – Casa Hernandez
  • May 11 – Back!
  • May 12 – Magic
  • May 13 – Big Bear City
  • May 14 – Short Miles Around Big Bear
  • May 16 – Sleeping On The Bridge
  • May 17 – Deep Creek Hotness
  • May 18 – McDonalds
  • May 19 – Into Wrightwood
  • May 21 – Lil Jimmy and Baden Powell
  • May 22 – Pacifico
  • May 23 – KOA
  • May 24 – Agua Dulce
  • May 25 – Andersons
  • May 26 – Sawmill Mountain
  • May 27 – Hiker Town
  • May 28 – Aquaduct
  • May 29 – Mojave
  • May 30 – Golden Oaks
  • May 31 – Water To Water
  • Jun 1 – Lake Isabella
  • Jun 3 – Bird Spring Pass
  • Jun 4 – Walker Pass
  • Jun 5 – Chimney Creek
  • Jun 6 – Kennedy Meadows
  • Jun 8 – Olancha
  • Jun 9 – Diaz Meadows
  • Jun 10 – Crabtree Meadows
  • Jun 11 – Mount Whitney
  • Jun 12 – Forester Pass
  • Jun 13 – Into Independence/Bishop
  • Jun 15 – Out of Bishop
  • Jun 16 – Pinchot Pass
  • Jun 17 – Mather Pass
  • Jun 18 – Muir Pass
  • Jun 19 – VVR
  • Jun 20 – Purple Lake
  • Jun 21 – Mammoth
  • Jun 23 – Out of Mammoth
  • Jun 24 – Tuolomne Meadows
  • Jun 25 – Cloudsrest
  • Jun 26 – Yosemite
  • Jun 27 – McCabe
  • Jun 28 – Stubblefield Canyon
  • Jun 29 – Out of Yosemite
  • Jun 30 – Kennedy Meadows Pack Station
  • Jul 1 – Ebbets Pass
  • Jul 2 – Carson Pass
  • Jul 3 – Into Echo Lake
  • Jul 6 – Desolation Wilderness
  • Jul 7 – Whiskey Creek
  • Jul 8 – Soda Springs
  • Jul 9 – Sierra City
  • Jul 10 – Nelson Creek
  • Jul 11 – Feather River
  • Jul 12 – Bucks Lake
  • Jul 13 – Belden
  • Jul 14 – Midway
  • Jul 15 – Drakesbad
  • Jul 16 – Old Station
  • Jul 17 – Hat Creek Rim
  • Jul 18 – Burney
  • Jul 19 – Out of Burney
  • Jul 20 – Fitzgaugh Gulch
  • Jul 21 – Castella
  • Jul 22 – Deadfall Lakes
  • Jul 23 – Bloody Run Trail
  • Jul 24 – Etna
  • Jul 26 – Marble Valley
  • Jul 27 – Seiad Valley
  • Jul 28 – Mud Spring
  • Jul 29 – California-Oregon Border
  • Jul 30 – Into Ashland
  • Jul 31 – Hyatt Lake
  • Aug 1 – Fish Lake
  • Aug 2 – Lucifer
  • Aug 3 – Crater Lake 1
  • Aug 4 – Crater Lake 2
  • Aug 5 – Thielson Creek
  • Aug 6 – Crescent Lake
  • Aug 7 – Rosary Lake
  • Aug 8 – Cliff Lake
  • Aug 9 – Minnie Springs
  • Aug 10 – Santiam Pass
  • Aug 11 – Shale Lake
  • Aug 12 – Jude Lake
  • Aug 13 – Lil Crater Lake
  • Aug 14 – Timberline
  • Aug 16 – Out of Timberline
  • Aug 17 – Cascade Locks
  • Aug 18 – Washington
  • Aug 19 – Blue Lake
  • Aug 20 – Trout Lake
  • Aug 21 – Lava Rocks
  • Aug 22 – Cispus Pass
  • Aug 23 – White Pass
  • Aug 24 – Dewey Lake
  • Aug 25 – Urich
  • Aug 26 – Dry Meadow
  • Aug 27 – Snoqualmie
  • Aug 29 – Lemah
  • Aug 30 – Deception Lake
  • Sep 1 – Stevens Pass
  • Sep 2 – Swelling Creek
  • Sep 3 – Vista Creek
  • Sep 4 – Agnes Creek
  • Sep 5 – Stehekin
  • Sep 6 – Rainy Pass
  • Sep 7 – Harts Pass
  • Sep 8 – Hopkins Lake
  • Sep 9 – Canada

Long Trail 2013

Head over to the Journal on the Long Trail Resource Site
 

Wonderland Trail 2013

Beardoh didn’t keep a journal for this hike 🙁
 

Tahoe Rim Trail 2014

  • Jul 8 – Starting the Trail
  • Jul 9 – Into Star Lake
  • Jul 10 – Through Tramway Market
  • Jul 11 – Sand Harbor View Point
  • Jul 12 – Mountain Bike Parade
  • Jul 13 – Another Sunny and Dry Day
  • Jul 14 – Into Tahoe City
  • Jul 15 – Back Onto the PCT
  • Jul 16 – Into Susie’s Lake
  • Jul 17 – Final Day on The Trail

John Muir Trail 2014

  • Jul 20 – On the JMT!
  • Jul 21 – Clouds Rest
  • Jul 22 – Tuolumne Meadows
  • Jul 23 – Donahue Pass
  • Jul 24 – Into Mammoth
  • Jul 26 – Out of Mammoth
  • Jul 27 – Silver Pass
  • Jul 28 – Rainy Afternoon
  • Jul 29 – Seldon Pass
  • Jul 30 – Muir Pass
  • Jul 31 – Nice Waterfalls
  • Aug 1 – Mather Pass
  • Aug 2 – Pinchot Pass
  • Aug 3 – Glen and Kearsarge Passes
  • Aug 6 – Out of Independence
  • Aug 7 – Forrester Pass
  • Aug 8 – Beardoh’s Favorite Spot
  • Aug 9 – Mount Whitney
  • John Muir Trail (JMT) – Resupply Options

Wonderland Trail 2014

  • Aug 17 – Into Dick Creek
  • Aug 18 – Into South Mowich River
  • Aug 19 – Into North Puyallup
  • Aug 20 – Into Pyramid Creek
  • Aug 21 – Into Maple Creek
  • Aug 22 – Into Summerland
  • Aug 23 – Back to Sunrise
  • Wonderland Trail (WT) – Hammocking on the trail

Arizona Trail 2015

  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – 2015 Hike!
  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – Training
  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – Beardoh’s Food List
  • AZT 1 – onward from Mexico
  • AZT 2 – Cold Day on the Trail
  • AZT 3 – Canelo Mountains
  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – Gear List
  • AZT 4 – Walker Basin
  • AZT 5 – Santa Rita mountains
  • AZT 6 – Into the desert
  • AZT 7 – La Posta Quemada and onward
  • AZT 8 – Saguaro National Park
  • AZT 9 – Pusch Ridge Wilderness
  • AZT 10 – Summerhaven
  • AZT 11 – Into Oracle
  • AZT 12 – A Cactus is Not a Toy
  • AZT 13 – Dream campsite
  • AZT 14 – The Gila River
  • AZT 15 – Into Picket Post
  • AZT 16 – Reavis Canyon, Montana Mtn
  • AZT 17 – The Best trail and The Worst….
  • AZT 18 – Roosevelt Lake
  • AZT 19 – Four Peaks
  • AZT 20 – Mazatzal Mountains
  • AZT 21 – Halfway point
  • AZT 22 – The Park
  • AZT 23 –  LF  Ranch
  • AZT 24 – Into Pine
  • AZT 25 – Onto the Mogollon Rim
  • AZT 26 – A day in the pines
  • AZT 27 – Coyotes and Elk
  • AZT 28 – Mormon Lake Lodge
  • AZT 29 — Outside Flagstaff
  • AZT 30 – Flagstaff
  • AZT 31 – San Francisco Peaks
  • AZT 32 – Babbitt Ranch
  • AZT 33 – Into Kaibab National Forest
  • AZT 34 – First Glimpse of the Canyon
  • AZT 35 – Tusayan
  • AZT 36 – GC – Bright Angel
  • AZT 37 – GC – Cottonwood Camp
  • AZT 38 – Out of the Grand Canyon
  • AZT 39 – Jacob Lake
  • AZT 40 – Utah!
  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – Resupply Plan
  • Arizona Trail (AZT) – After Hike Thoughts
  • Arizona Trail App Recently Released

 

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