Written on December 24, 2024
The San Gabriels Granite Mountain is not the most scenic or well known summit of the range. However it lies on the famed Hundred Peaks Section maintained by the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club. Over the years of SoCal visits, I’ve ticked off a number of the more well-known summits. Hence, I’ve started working...
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Written on August 17, 2024
I’m going off-script from my fanatical peakbagging in covering Bair Island Ecological Reserve. It’s fairly flat, urbanized and not exactly a destination for hiking. But good events in life have naturally contracted my world to a much smaller one. While I’ll eventually return to mountain climbing, I must find contentment in the mor...
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Written on January 1, 2024
Twin Peaks and Waterman Mountain are two splendid summits in the hinterlands of the San Gabriel Mountain range. This hike covers both summits
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Written on September 15, 2023
Yuba County's High Point is deep in the Sierra Foothills. Though not much of a hike, it's a quirky point of interest.
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Written on July 27, 2023
Brazil Ranch and Sierra Hill are close to the famous Bixby Bridge but receive a fraction of the visitors. Its a great 1/2 day hike in Big Sur
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