A line of footprints heads off into the hills, and the empty pages behind it are waiting for yours.
Open this spiral bound journal after a day on foot and get the route, the weather and the wrong turn written down while they are fresh. Its front cover carries a quiet valley scene and a line of script, and the paper inside is dotted from the first sheet to the last.
Gray hills, dark pines and a path coming your way
Two rows of flowing script in mid gray sit in the upper half of the white cover and read “Leave a Trail Worth Writing About”. The lettering looks handwritten and carries no punctuation.
Under the words lies a valley painted in a soft watercolor style. Pale rounded hills stack up one behind another as if seen through mist. Dark gray-green pines run down the left slope and stand along a ridge at the right. A path winds out of the distance and widens as it nears you, marked with a trail of footprints, and a few bare twigs are sketched in thin lines near the sides.
The picture forms a band across the middle of the cover, with plain white left above the lettering and below the path. Everything stays in grays with a hint of sage, so nothing on the cover shouts.
Room for a season of days out
- A dot pattern on each of the 140 pages gives handwriting something to follow and still leaves space for a sketched map
- The spine is a row of black metal wire-o loops, and the pages turn on them
- A soft-touch coating on the covers makes the book smooth against your palm
- Cover stock of 352 g/m² (10.38 oz/yd²); page paper of 89 g/m² (2.62 oz/yd²), roughly a quarter of the cover weight
- Outside dimensions: 5.5″ × 8.5″ (14 × 21.6 cm), with the wire on a long side
- Front cover print: the script and the valley band on white
Who it's for
Day hikers, long-distance walkers, people who log every summit and those who prefer a slow loop around the lake. Fill it with route notes, a list of trails still to do, or a few lines about the view before the phone photos blur together. Wrapped with a trail map, it makes sense for a graduation, a retirement spent outdoors or the week before a big walking trip.
Quick answers
Are there prompts or a trail-log layout inside?
Nothing is printed beyond the dots, so the layout is yours to set: a header for date and distance, a box for the weather, or plain paragraphs.
Is there a hiker on the cover?
No one is drawn. The footprints stand in for the walker, which leaves the scene open: it could be anyone's route, yours included.
Is the cover colorful?
No. It is close to monochrome, with no bright accents, no sky color and no sun. Next to louder stationery it looks restrained.
What is the saying getting at?
Do things you will want to remember, then keep a record of them. On a notebook it works as a small push to put the day on paper before the details fade.
Shipping and returns
Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.
Size guide
| WIDTH (inches) | HEIGHT (inches) | |
| Notebook | 5.5 | 8.5 |
| WIDTH (cm) | HEIGHT (cm) | |
| Notebook | 14.0 | 21.6 |
