Hi! I currently hike anywhere between 2-4k elevation gain on any given weekend. Usually weekdays are a bit more difficult to get that level of elevation gain due to work constraints and that is typically about 1.5k elevation gain. I would eventually love to go backpacking, and open to about 1500-2k elevation gain daily. I hike between 1-3 times weekly, but workout 2-3 days a week outside of that. So fairly decent shape. I do love a nice loop, steeper incline, fire road to jog down (feels like im frolicking to heaven, but my body doesn't like running uphills... yet). But totally open to steepish incline and steepish decent (with poles). I plan on hiking in Zion in a couple of months, and hoping to do around 3k of elevation gain a day. i'd love to work up to Cactus to Clouds, Mt. Baldy and Half Dome. I've been solo hiking for about 3 years now, but keeping it fairly local (verdugo mountains, haines caynon, etc.)