Words of the Day: &$%ing mosquitoes! Despite the mosquitoes this was a great day. Arrow Peak is a wonderful climb from Bench Lake and the views from the summit are some of the best you can get in the Sierra (I know I say that for every peak, but still…how can you get a bad [...]
Last weekend we visited Thousand Lakes Wilderness, nestled in the volcanic terrain between Lassen National Park and Burney Falls. While we’re familiar with much of the local area the wilderness itself was new to us and we looked forward to an easy backpack and some fishing. After a long five hour drive from San Jose [...]
I’ve been so busy lately I’ve had to neglect calipidder.com a bit. But we were able to squeeze out to 395 to pay a visit to some of our favorite country over an extended four day Memorial Day Weekend. We drove out Friday night and met the crew at Fossil Falls BLM camp along 395 [...]
Once a year Henry Coe State Park opens the gate at Bell’s Station on Highway 152 for a weekend, allowing access to the more remote areas of the backcountry. With over 87000 acres, Henry Coe is difficult to see in its entirety by dayhiking or even overnight backpacking, so this weekend is a great opportunity [...]
Trip Report Trip Report This weekend I finally got in a hike that’s been on my to-do list for a long time: Rose Peak in Ohlone Wilderness. On paper, the hike looks rather painful, coming in at just under 20 miles with 5000-ish feet of elevation gain. I was saving it for a day when [...]
Ed note: Sorry for dropping off after the Outdoor Retailer Show – I had to fly to Germany for business less than 18 hours after getting back from Salt Lake City and haven’t even unpacked my bags from the OR Show. I’ll be reviewing the Show and some gear here in the future, but in [...]
We made up this hike the night before and it ended up being a great success. Borrowing from several sources we pieced together an awesome dayhike that took us past some great ruins, up a really cool old trail and road, to the top of a desert peak, then down into the depths of an [...]
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