Tag: California Trail

City of Rocks Loop (City of Rocks National Reserve, ID)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Idaho, Strenuous Hikes1 Comment

South Fork Trail, City of Rocks National Reserve, August 2022 Idaho’s City of Rocks National Reserve—one of only two national reserves in the National Park system—protects a 14,000-acre tract that includes an extensive cluster of granitic formations known as the “Silent City of Rocks.” While the chalky white and grey spires are perhaps not as …

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Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Nebraska, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Scotts Bluff National Monument, July 2022 A key milestone along the Oregon and California historic trails, the chalky hightops of Scotts Bluff rise skyward above the broad Platte River Valley in western Nebraska. Here pioneers heading west along the North Platte had to detour south to evade some nasty badlands, bringing them up and over …

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