Friday, May 20th, 2011
Humboldt Creek and the Dolason Prairie Trail
This is a description of ultralight backpacking in Redwood National Park along Redwood Creek and Dolason Prairie Trail.
This is a description of ultralight backpacking in Redwood National Park along Redwood Creek and Dolason Prairie Trail.
Sunset at the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse on the Mendocino Coast between Fort Bragg and Mendocino, California.
When I say go wild, I mean get out where no one else goes. I’ll soon be heading out to the Snow Mountain Wilderness, which even at around 6,500 feet, feels like the Sierra and has views to the ocean on the west. It’s located north of California Highway 20 and is sandwiched between Interstate [...]
Award-winning outdoor writer Tom Stienstra, author of California Camping and California Hiking by Moon Press, knows the best places for ultralight backpacking. He described my favorite spot in a column published in the San Francisco Chronicle today: a loop in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, from Agnew Meadow to Shadow Lake to Garnet Lake. I agree [...]