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Workflow: Day-trip report

Trigger: "research a combo/cluster day" — 2+ ranked peaks done in a single outing. Examples: Crestolita + Broken Hand; Star + Taylor + Italian.

Output: docs/peaks/<slug>.md (day-trip flavor) + CalTopo map + docs/maps/<slug>.png.

A day-trip report is a single-peak report extended to cover the linkage between peaks. Same source rigor on every peak in the trip.

Checklist

Everything in the single-peak checklist, applied to each peak, plus:

  • [ ] Confirm it's a real pairing — check TRs for how often these peaks are actually done together (combo evidence), not just geographic proximity
  • [ ] Connector beta — the ridge/traverse between peaks: class, distance, exposure
  • [ ] Combo stats from GPX — build_recommended_route.py <slug> for the composed loop through all the day's objectives (DEM dist_mi/gain_ft); verify no snap WARNs and that the loop is sane vs. the recorded range. (Build the recommended route right) — not the sum of two standalone climbs
  • [ ] Single CalTopo map + PNG covering all peaks in the trip (objective box spans the peaks)

Body sections (day-trip flavor)

  1. Quick Stats — a column per peak (elev, lat/lon, weather, class, peak-page links)
  2. Overview map (embedded PNG + CalTopo link)
  3. Why these together — TR evidence the combo is a real/standard pairing; the ranked-13er+ combo logic
  4. Drive + approach — clickable drive link, primary + alternate trailheads
  5. Recommended plan ⭐ — the linkage: approach → peak 1 → connector → peak 2 → exit, with combo stats (distance/gain measured from exact-combo GPX) and per-segment class
  6. Per-peak route notes — standard line for each + alternates (couloirs, ridges)
  7. Alternate approach (if a meaningfully different start exists)
  8. Conditions / season + permits + hazards
  9. Trip reports & GPX — grouped by source (14ers / LoJ / peakbagger), flagging which TRs did the exact combo
  10. TL;DR
  11. Sources checked footer

Notes

  • Combo stats are measured, not summed. Two peaks 0.6 mi apart share approach and connector — pull the distance/gain from a TR GPX that actually did both, not from adding two standalone numbers.
  • Big days are fine. A combo day can blow past the "short day" gain threshold — that's expected; just frame it as a full alpine outing.

See Crestolita + Broken Hand as the reference implementation.