Hiking the Giant, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, you can identify more than 100 species of birds. “Hear that?” Parks Canada’s Greg Stroud asks me. Stopped mid-stride, he sang back to an…
Emerald Lake is Mosquito Heaven
A photo gallery of Emerald Lake and Sky Meadows near Mammoth Lakes, California.
GPS Maps are Taking Over the Outdoors World
National Geographic Maps Announced Their First Ever GPS Maps National Geographic Maps, for the first time, has made available a complete line of outdoor maps for handheld GPS unit. They announced today, their…
Lost Hiker Found
I found a lost hiker yesterday. He was on a trail with a map in his hands. He didn’t know where he was or where, exactly, he was going. He was a…
KAPOW, CRASH, SPLAT, KAZAAM…
This week has been a good reality check for me. After a horrendous hike out of Cascade Valley and a reckless bike accident I have come to realize: I am not that tough….
Take a Hike: Little Lakes Valley
The glacier-sculpted Little Lakes Valley might just be the most spectacular hike in the Eastern Sierra. A cirque of thirteen-thousand-foot peaks sets the backdrop as the trail meanders past lakes, creeks and aspen…
Take a Hike: Rainbow Falls
My first time to Rainbow Falls I didn’t want to go. I was a teenager and although I was athletic and fully capable of the three-mile hike, I was a stubborn thirteen-year-old who…
Lost on the Trail Again
Meeting up with friends in the backcountry can be harder than you might think: Nate, Jon and I were doing a loop around the Minarets via the North Fork San Joaquin and planned…
