A couple months back with summer closing in and a lot of local hiking to occupy my weekends, I decided it was time to change up my boots and break in something new. So I picked up a pair of Keen’s Targhee III hiking boots in a mid-height cut for a little more ankle support and have been up and down plenty of trails with them since from dirt days to some unexpected snow and everything between. The shoe shelves…
What a year it’s been. Lockdowns, phased re-openings and finally the chance to travel again including to Yosemite which opened up in full just 10 days ago after a few…
At about 20,000 acres, Mount Diablo State Park is home to a lot more great hikes than just up to the summit (though that’s always worth doing for the climb…
Rising to just 3,849′, Mount Diablo may seem, well, short when compared to the sierra mountains just a few hours to the east. Yet driving into the Bay Area from…
Sitting front and center in my gear room [sorry guests, the toys come first] is a box full of paper maps for parks mountains around the world. There’s something I…
There are a lot of impressive mountains in Yosemite and plenty more all around it so getting to the top of the park for a view of the world is…
Hike date: 6/22/2019. Summit reached via snow and regular switchbacks. Summer has just arrived but as anyone who has visited Lassen National Park knows, summer is a relative term. With…