Written on September 29, 2018
Highland Peak is a remote summit located near Ebbetts Pass in the Sierra Nevada was a delightful fall adventure. Its altitude and isolation make it a destination for solitude seekers like myself. Highland Peak of Ebbetts Pass Fall is my favorite time of year for hiking the Sierra Nevada. With the season come pleasant temperatures,...
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Written on June 12, 2018
This is a new-to-me East Bay hike which has great views of Mt Diablo and the surrounding valleys. Its a relatively easy 5 mile hike which takes about 1/2 a day. A hike worth the drive In an effort to add variability to what we typically do on the Peninsula, I’m exploring some East Bay...
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Written on May 12, 2018
Fortunate timing gave us an up close and personal encounter with Desert Bighorn Sheep This has been a particularly fortuitous spring for me with seeing wildlife spectacles. Between witnessing the fly-out of 5,000 snow geese at Bosque del Apache and seeing my first bighorn sheep in the wild in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, its...
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Written on May 1, 2018
A mid-spring hike in the Tamarack Lakes region might as well be a winter hike anywhere else. Snowy trails lead to abundant solitude A Blank Spot on the Map If you drew a line between Lake Tahoe and Mt Lassen, about halfway between is Plumas and Sierra Counties. With a combined population of less than...
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Written on January 16, 2018
Easy spot for hiking and birding on the shore of Hayward. There are several hundred parks, open spaces and protected lands in the Bay Area and nearly all of them are ripe for adventure. Though I love traveling around the country, I’ve found that there’s enough variability in environments around the San Francisco Bay that...
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