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 and the…
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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 those very…
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 only logical.…
Winter is here and no, I’m not talking on Game of Thrones (though let’s be real, I’d skip a hike for the last season to be out already… and now you know…
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The Big Valley Tour: Hiking Yosemite’s Panorama Trail via Four Mile Trail & Glacier Point
I’ve been Yosemite many, many times (ya, it’s an awesome life) and yet the Panorama Trail remained well off my radar for years. Now that I’ve finally tagged it, let me say…
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Don’t day hike the Mount Whitney Trail — Overnight It! (and everything else I learned about the trail.)
Mount Whitney stands as the tallest peak in the lower 48 which would certainly make it a hot destination if for no other reason than to claim the high point. That the…
Urban hiking usually just means a long walk through a city but not in San Francisco. Here, the Coastal Trail hike lies just steps away from the city streets (occasionally it goes right…