Everyone in the mountains is wearing a sun faded, sweat stained, sun hoody. And nowhere is this more evident than California’s Sierra Nevada, our home range, and the ideal testing ground for sun protection. We’ve …
Sierra Ridge Climbing
After joining Kilian Jornet in the Sierra, we created a ridge climbing sampler for those interested in doing easier Sierra ridge traverses.
Bishop, California’s East Side Winter Trail Running Basecamp
Come winter, mountains turn white. While this is a fantastic occurrence for most people, many trail runners, if they don’t also ski, find it a sad reality. If warm sun and dry, mountain trails are …
Alps and Sierra Trail Running News
Sierra Trail Running Things have been pretty quiet here at ALPSinsight for the last year. That’s because we’ve been immersed in an all new guidebook and website for California’s Sierra Nevada. With that project wrapping …
Sierra Nevada Trail Running Guidebook
Returning to the Sierra It turns out you can go home again. And it can be even better than remembered – especially when you return to California to trail run in the Sierra Nevada. I …
Back in the Day and Today: 20 Years of Sierra Running and Climbing
20 years ago I was doing exactly what I’m doing now. Making plans for a huge project in the mountains. Back then, I’m sure I never imagined I’d spend the next 20 years doing very …







