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## Posts
- [Best Redwood Hikes in the Bay Area](https://www.littlegrunts.com/best-redwood-hikes-bay-area/): \<a href="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2018/04/best\-redwood\-hikes\.png"\>\<img class="aligncenter size\-full wp\-image\-7615" src="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2018/04/best\-redwood\-hikes\.png" alt="Best Redwood Hikes in the Bay Area" width="735" height="1102" /\>\</a\>
Summer in the Bay Area means the tourists and out\-of\-townere are coming\. Muir Woods sits at the top of everyone’s bucket list of San Francisco must dos\. With its groves of old growth redwoods, it’s hard not to see why\. This NPS unit is family friendly and accessible for all\.

However, access these days is getting more tough\. Muir Woods now requires shuttle or parking reservations to reduce congestion on this small, impacted area\. \(Foot or bike traffic is not affected by this change\.\)

If redwoods are on your list, but reservation systems and crowds and boardwalks are not, I’ve compiled a list of redwood hikes in the Bay Area varying lengths and degrees of difficulty that are equally amazing or better than Muir Woods\.

Read on for the full list of best redwood hikes in the Bay Area\.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Hiking New Zealand's Milford Track](https://www.littlegrunts.com/backpacking-milford-track/): \<\!\-\- wp:image \{"id":9157\} \-\-\>
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\<p\>Backpacking the Milford Track in New Zealand is something I've wanted to do for years, basically since my last New Zealand trip\. It's touted as one of the best trails in the whole world\. If that isn't a must\-do selling point, I don't know what is\. \</p\>
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\<p\>Read on for all the details like getting a permit to things to bring for backpacking the Milford Track\.\</p\>
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- [A Weekend in Mount Shasta](https://www.littlegrunts.com/weekend-trip-mount-shasta/): \<a href="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG\_4888\.jpg"\>\<img class="aligncenter size\-large wp\-image\-6787" src="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG\_4888\-1024x683\.jpg" alt="Visit Mount Shasta" width="1024" height="683" /\>\</a\>

I’ve never spent much time in the more northern parts of California, save for a flop of a summit attempt and a few days in \<a href="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/lassen\-volcanic\-national\-park\-trip\-recap/"\>Lassen Volcanic National Park\</a\>\. It’s only 4\.5\-5 hours away, nearly the same amount to drive to Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows or \<a href="https://www\.littlegrunts\.com/mammoth\-lakes\-red\-top\-peak\-trip\-report/"\>Mammoth\</a\>\. Over the Martin Luther King weekend, I tried to rectify this with a trip to Mount Shasta, both a city and a breathtaking, mystical mountain\.
- [How to Spend a Week in Lassen Volcanic National Park](https://www.littlegrunts.com/lassen-volcanic-national-park-trip-recap/): \<img class="aligncenter size\-full wp\-image\-941" src="http://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2014/08/LassenRecap01\.jpg" alt="Lassen Volcanic National Park Trip Recap" width="600" height="400" /\>

This past summer was the first time I've ever been to Mt\. Lassen\. Here's a quick recap and photo dump of everything I tried to jam pack into four days\.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Zion Traverse Backpacking](https://www.littlegrunts.com/backpacking-zion/): \<a href="http://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2017/04/Backpacking\-the\-Zion\-Traverse\.jpg"\>\<img class="aligncenter size\-large wp\-image\-5615" src="http://www\.littlegrunts\.com/blog/wp\-content/uploads/2017/04/Backpacking\-the\-Zion\-Traverse\-1024x683\.jpg" alt="Backpacking the Zion Traverse Trans Zion Trail 101" width="1024" height="683" /\>\</a\>

You're heading to Zion National Park and you want something a little more off the beaten path? The Zion Traverse, also known as the Trans\-Zion Trek, is a set of trails that traverses the entire park\. It's typically done from north to south so you're going downhill\-ish for most of the hike, but if you wanted to get extra miserable, you could do it in the reverse direction\. Read on for my tips on planning a successful trip across Utah's first national park\.

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