The 2023 LA Field Guide Bucket List
The 2023 LA Field Guide Bucket List
Commitment to a Year of Send
In no particular order, here are 52 adventures for 52 weeks.
2023 LA Field Guide Send List
Find every bit of gravel riding within 10 miles of my house
Offroad in Anza Borrego
Bomb all of Dirt Mulholland
Go bikepacking somewhere that isn’t Los Angeles
Make sure the Hollywood Sign is still there
Run all the streets in my neighborhood (1 mile radius - in progress)
Camp at Henninger Flats
Coffee outside on the LA River
Texas Canyon TIAD (tens in a day) challenge (19 routes, 5.10a/b, 1,475’ vertical)
Finally climb Power Station in Malibu Creek
Bike to a rock climb
✅ Shred the Rim of the Valley trail
Cherry Pick at Cherry Canyon
✅ Do more yoga
✅ Snowboard at least one day
Finally climb that one sketchy route on Eagle Rock
Revisit the Corpse Wall at Saddle Peak
See what the Arroyo Seco Boulders are all about
Tour De Disc Golf
✅ Attempt LA Tourist Race #1 Accomplished
✅ Finish LA Tourist Race #2
Conquer LA Tourist Race #3(campout was cancelled, opted out)Off-road to that mine in Joshua Tree we didn’t find last time
Raft the Grand Canyon
Climb something multi-pitch in Yosemite
Camp in the desert on a New Moon to stargaze
✅ Bike-camp from my front door
Backpack from my front door
Hike San Gorgonio
Hike San Jacinto
Hike Baldy
Hike Cucamonga Peak
Hike San Bernardino Peak
Hike Mount Wilson (#29 - #34 = Unofficial SoCal Six Pack of Peaks)
Bike Mount Wilson
Camp on Mount Wilson (Combine all three for the Mt. Wilson Triple Crown? Sounds epic, I’m in)
Do another Beer Walk? (but maybe not a marathon distance this time)
Volunteer on a trail day
Revisit Zorro in Yosemite
Annual bike pilgrimage to San Diego
✅ Ride a century
Soak in some hot springs
Have a Pacifico on Pacifico Mountain
Go mountain biking with the Topanga Creek folks
Jump in the Mighty Pacific
✅ Pay my respects to Owen Brown
Find the best veggie taco in LA (or at least NELA)
✅ Explore the White City Ruins
Go to the top of Mt. Lukens
Summit Strawberry Peak the hard way
Camp at Lightning Point
Sunrise to Sunset the Solstice
