On today’s episode we’re traveling to the High Sierras of California where Caroline Himbert recently set the women’s unsupported northbound record on the premier John Muir Trail. Her first long, unsupported effort was a way for her to go back to her roots as a long distance hiker.
The Cabox Summit is a 27km (16mi) looping trek on the southeast side of the Lewis Hills Ophiolite Massif, which peaks at the 812m (2,664ft) high Cabox, highest point on the island of Newfoundland. The route from Cold Brook Road to The Cabox is identical to the IATNL Lewis Hills Trail, however the return route takes hikers along the south rim of scenic and geologically diverse Travertine Canyon.
The route begins at the Jogajima Bridge at the southernmost tip of Kanagawa Prefecture.
From here, it traverses the Miura Alps, passes through the ancient capital of Kamakura, and continues through the areas around Fujisawa, Ebina, and Atsugi. It then heads toward Lake Sagami, crosses Minami-Takao, Shiroyama kobutoke, and Jinba, culminating at the northernmost point of Kanagawa Prefecture.
This course offers diverse landscapes, leading from the sea to the mountains and back to the ridgeline of Takao.