Best & Worst Yosemite Day Hikes
Yosemite is full of hiking trails that go on for miles and miles, which almost makes it like a choose your own adventure hiking...
Backpacking Guide for Cottonwood Canyon & Marble Canyon Loop
The Cottonwood Canyon & Marble Canyon loop is one of the few backpacking trails in Death Valley that is actually a "trail". The majority...
Hiking The Mist Trail in Yosemite
The Mist Trail is one of the most popular and beautiful trails in Yosemite. Marked by amazing landscapes and waterfalls views, it's pretty obvious...
Kayaking with Sea Otters and Seals at Elkhorn Slough in Moss...
Get up close and personal with sea otters and seals by kayaking right along side them in the Elkhorn Slough Conservation Area at Moss...
Hiking Upper & Lower Jackass Lake
This is an absolutely beautiful hike with astounding views of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The name Jackass Lake comes from when congress sent the...
How To Get A Permit For Half Dome Cables
Getting a permit for the Half Dome cables in Yosemite is like winning the lottery - literally!... It uses a permit lottery system rather...
Hiking Taft Point to Sentinel Dome Loop
Taft Point and Sentinel Dome are two prominent landmarks along the south rim which boarders Glacier Point Road. You can visit each point or...
Burkhart Trail to Cooper Canyon Falls
Cooper Canyon Falls is a pretty nice hike by Southern California standards that flows year round and roars in April/May from snow run off....
Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch on Route 66
Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch is a delightful roadside attraction on old Route 66 in southern California. It's wonderfully weird and very much worth a...
The Big Trees Trail
The park services didn't exactly think outside the box much when naming this trail. It's not much of a hike, but it is a...
Hiking to Yost / Fern Lakes, Inyo National Forest
This is a short but difficult hike to two beautiful lakes in the Sierra Mountains in Inyo National Forest. Yost and Fern lakes sit...
Hiking Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley
Hiking Mosaic Canyon is one of the best ways to introduce you to the unique beauty of Death Valley. It has a diverse range...
The General Sherman Tree Trail
The General Sherman Tree is touted as the "biggest tree in the world"! It's not really the biggest or the widest tree, but because...
Colby Canyon to Josephine Peak and Strawberry Peak
Colby Canyon offers a scenic route up to both Josephine Peak and Strawberry Peak (most challenging peak in the front range of the San...
Hiking Ubehebe Crater
Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley is a much more impressive crater than I initially thought it would be. It's about 1/2mi wide and 600ft...