About

Los Angeles is a city almost no one associates with hiking.

Modern Hiker is trying to change that.

Modern Hiker highlights the best trails of all difficulty levels around Southern California, with in-depth reviews, photos, GPS tracks, videos, and all the information you could possibly want. It also strives to keep on top of the latest outdoor gear and gadget news, software and web programs, local politics and developments, and the latest murmurings from the Hiking Blogosphere.


Modern Hiker is written by Casey Schreiner. A New England transplant, Casey moved to Los Angeles in 2003 and began hiking the San Gabriels and Santa Monicas in 2004. Casey began writing about hikes for his personal site in 2005, and launched Modern Hiker in 2006. Since he started keeping track in ‘05, Casey has logged over 600 miles on hiking trails in the L.A. area.

Since then, Modern Hiker has been named one of the Top Ten Hiking Blogs, and has been called “the best source of hiking information in Southern California.” Casey has given interviews and hiking commentary for outdoor industry podcasts and Southern California newspapers, including the L.A. Times.

When not writing about the Great Outdoors, Casey writes and performs for G4’s Attack of the Show, a daily, live television program about the internet, technology, comics, video games, and other nerdy things. He also co-writes and hosts “The MMO Report,” a weekly video podcast on the world of online roleplaying games.

Email me if you’ve got time to kill, trails to recommend, or gear you’d like to give me for free. If you’ve got a question, I’m happy to help out — or I’ll ask the readers for help.