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.
Appalachian Trail 2011 | Pacific Crest Trail 2012 | Long Trail 2013
Tahoe Rim Trail 2014 | John Muir Trail 2014 | Wonderland Trail 2014
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
