I managed to squeeze in a long dayhike, finally! Since the Sierra backpacking season ended I haven't gotten out on a lot of long hikes and I'm definitely missing it.…
On the morning of Day 4 we had a break from packing up camp. Instead we prepared for dayhiking to some of the other nearby lakes. With no rush, David…
I continued my spring obsession with wildflowers and hiking last weekend at Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve. A friend of mine has the through hiking bug, deciding to complete the…
We had planned a nice backpacking trip for the weekend, hiking the Ohlone Wilderness trail between Del Valle Reservoir and Sunol Regional Wilderness. About 20 miles long, we were planning…
We spent the first couple days of our trip exploring the southernmost side of Anza Borrego (along S2), basecamped at Agua Caliente Hot Spring. It was nice to camp there…
One of the most popular hikes in Anza Borrego is Borrego Palm Canyon. But just a short drive south of this canyon is Hellhole Canyon. Hellhole has a similar Palm…
On the northern side of Anza Borrego there are the remains of an old calcite mine. In operation around WWII, they mined optical calcite for use in gunsights. It didn't…
We left Palm Springs on Christmas morning, ready to head back out to the desert for some hiking. Unfortunately, the weather was not cooporating and most of the surrounding ranges…
Sunol Regional Park is one of those great parks that make you feel like you're in the middle of nowhere while only being a short drive from the middle of…