The Big "C," UC-Berkeley, January 2024 When Berkeley residents talk about walking on the “fire roads,” chances are they are referring to the network of hiking and biking trails in Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve or on adjacent lands owned by the University of California, Berkeley. Together this milieu of paths crisscrosses woody and scrubby terrain …
Belgum Trail, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, March 2020 The wilder and more rugged cousin to neighboring Tilden Regional Park, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park spans nearly 2,800 acres of the Berkeley Hills, San Pablo Ridge, and Wildcat Creek watershed in the East Bay. Whereas Tilden is woodier, Wildcat Canyon has more open, windswept pastures with wide-reaching …
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Mezue Trail, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, May 2020 Abutting neighboring Tilden Regional Park to the south, the East Bay’s Wildcat Canyon Regional Park is lesser-known but arguably wilder and more dramatic, subbing out Tilden’s woodier landscape for treeless, windswept pastures with wide-reaching views. Access is by way of El Cerrito, San Pablo, and Richmond to …
Wildcat Peak, Tilden Regional Park, May 2021 Of the 73 parks in the East Bay Regional Park District, Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park is certainly one of the best-known and most-visited. Sure, part of that is convenience and close proximity to the bustling hubs of Berkeley and Oakland. But the real draw of this scenic …
Vollmer Peak Trail, Tilden Regional Park, September 2021 Note: This is part three of a three-post effort to chronicle short day hikes in the East Bay’s Tilden Regional Park. The focus of this post is on the central part of the park, namely the sections located roughly between the Tilden Nature Area to the north …
Wildcat Gorge Trail, Tilden Regional Park, April 2020 Note: This is part two of a three-post effort to chronicle short day hikes in the East Bay’s Tilden Regional Park. The focus of this post is on the central part of the park, namely the sections located roughly between the Tilden Nature Area to the north …
Wildcat Peak, Tilden Nature Area, Tilden Regional Park, May 2021 Note: This is part one of a three-post effort to chronicle short day hikes in the East Bay’s Tilden Regional Park. The focus of this post is on the northern reaches of the park, mainly the section known as Tilden Nature Area. Charles Lee Tilden …
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High Trail, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, August 2023 This year, Live and Let Hike celebrated its 10-year anniversary of bringing you thorough trail descriptions and extensive photo collections of day hikes and backpacking routes across the United States and beyond. The web design may not be world class—and no one would mistake my …
Sandstone Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, September 2023 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area comprises a patchwork of individual parks and open spaces—pockmarked by encroaching development—in the rocky and rugged highlands above Malibu, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley in southern California. Even with the vacation homes and mansions lining the mountain …
May Lake, Yosemite National Park, August 2023 Requiring only a 1.2-mile hike to reach, May Lake is one of the most-accessible subalpine lakes along Tioga Road in California’s Yosemite National Park. This makes the lake, set in a basin below imposing Mount Hoffmann (10,850’), one of the most popular day hikes in the area (although …
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