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Boy Scout Tree Trail to Fern Falls (Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, CA)

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Andrew Wojtanik

Together with nearby Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, northern California’s Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park contains arguably the most spectacular groves of coast redwoods in the world. Nearly the entire park, bounded by the Smith River to the north and … Continue reading →

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Crown Lake – Kerrick Meadow – Peeler Lake Loop (Hoover Wilderness/Yosemite National Park, CA)

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Andrew Wojtanik

3-4 day backpacking trip to five spectacular lakes in the Hoover Wilderness and Kerrick Meadow in Yosemite National Park. Continue reading →

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Browns Creek Falls (San Isabel National Forest, CO)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Moderate hike to Browns Creek Falls in the Collegiate Peaks area near Salida. Continue reading →

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Steep Ravine – Matt Davis Trail Loop (Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA)

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

The Steep Ravine – Matt Davis Trail Loop in California’s Mount Tamalpais State Park is a longer and more popular variant of the Steep Ravine – Dipsea Trail Loop (described in an April 2015 post). Though not as expansive as … Continue reading →

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Falls Trail Loop (Mount Diablo State Park, CA)

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

The East Bay, for all of its wonderful hiking, is not known for its waterfalls. Flowing streams, let alone tumbling cascades, are scarce amid the largely scrubby, chaparral hills that separate San Francisco Bay from California’s vast Central Valley. After … Continue reading →

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White Rock Canyon – Arizona Hot Spring Canyon Trail Loop (Lake Mead National Recreation Area, AZ)

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Nestled in the depths of a slot canyon downriver from Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam, Arizona Hot Spring boasts sizzling temperatures of 85-120 degrees year-round. On weekends in winter and spring, residents of the Las Vegas area flock in … Continue reading →

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Ben Johnson-Bootjack Trail Loop (Muir Woods National Monument, CA)

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

The redwood groves of Muir Woods National Monument, while lovely, have a people problem. Within a half-mile radius of the park’s tiny visitor center, there are scores and scores of visitors. Yet the western stretches of the park—or better yet, … Continue reading →

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Perrine Coulee Falls, ID

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

While nearby Shoshone Falls gets all the attention, perhaps the most alluring waterfall in southwestern Idaho is Perrine Coulee Falls, literally a stone’s throw away from the city of Twin Falls. This free-falling chute, which drops nearly 200 feet into … Continue reading →

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Shoshone Falls, ID

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

At 212 feet and more than 1,000 feet wide, Shoshone Falls is a behemoth of high-volume power in southwestern Idaho. Here the Snake River cuts through a deep and colorful canyon, famed as the site of Evil Knieval’s failed river … Continue reading →

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Box Canyon Springs (Thousand Springs State Park, ID)

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

When approaching one of the many canyons of southwest Idaho, it is easy to have doubts: can such a feature even be possible amid all these flat plains? The crop fields of the Snake River Basin could pass, after all, … Continue reading →

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