I have no plans to speak of, but I do know that it never hurts to get an early start planning on adventures that require long walks across a mountainous wilderness.

For instance, you could always climb Mount Whitney, though this strikes me as a bit too obvious for hikers of our level of sophistication. Then there’s Mount Tom, near Bishop, which gets few hikers. Summitpost.com has a handy search engine — here are  all the California peaks, sorted from highest to lowest.

Here’s one I’d like to check out: Snow Mountain Wilderness in Mendocino National Forest. It’s not terribly far from the Bay Area, and probably gets few visitors because it’s not in the Sierra.

Please add your ideas in the comments. If you need some more, check out all the cool places Random Curiosity visited last year.