Adventures
Calaveras Big Trees provides worthy winter treks
Do you often wonder why your friends and family don’t love cross country skiing as you do? More than once, my wife and I have tried to introduce the…
Noble Canyon hike provides perfect getaway
I completed this hike on Labor Day, a wonderful time of the year to be in the Ebbetts Pass area. The trailhead is located in wide impressive canyon. The trail…
Lessons learned on the John Muir Trail
The whooshing sound of the wind whipping through the tops of the pine trees was interrupted by a large crack of thunder. Brilliant flashes of lightning illuminated the tent. Lying…
Skiing the Yosemite Border from June Lake to Badger Pass
“Which way is it?” I tipped my head up towards the wall that loomed west of the parking lot. “Ok.” Mom shook her head. I gave her a hug, feeling…
Trans-Sierra ski trek: “The Mountains Let Us Through”
Setting out under heavy packs near the gateway town of Lee Vining, we knew the day ahead would test our strength. Sixteen miles separated us from our first destination, the…
Snowy destinations abound in wintry Yosemite
As we gazed over Tuolumne Meadows and countless snowy pinnacles, we saw not a soul and scarcely a sign that people had ever been there. It was hard to believe…
Like father, like sons on Dad’s High Sierra hike
For a middling fisherman like me, a nibble in a backcountry lake is a big deal, especially the first one after eight days on the trail. I eagerly reeled in…
Ebbetts Pass: “pleasurable and memorable”
Some of my best trips have been the result of aborted expeditions and the thereafter. Such was our late autumn hike to to Kinney Lake. Our original plan was to…
Happy hiking with kids, the “no nightmare” approach
Zach suddenly stopped in front of me as we trudged uphill through the woods north of Yosemite. “Pole break, dad.” I shifted the pack on my back. I was carrying…