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Steep Ravine – Matt Davis Trail Loop (Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA)
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
Posted in California, Marin, Moderate Hikes, Mount Tamalpais State Park, North Bay
Tagged Bay Area, Bolinas Ridge, California, canyon, Dipsea Trail, loop hike, Marin, Matt Davis Trail, Mount Tamalpais, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Pacific Ocean, Pantoll, redwoods, San Francisco, Steep Ravine, Stinson Beach, waterfall, Webb Creek
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Falls Trail Loop (Mount Diablo State Park, CA)
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
Posted in California, Moderate Hikes
Tagged Bay Area, Bruce Lee Spring Trail, California, canyon, Clayton Oaks Road, Diablo Range, Donner Canyon, Donner Canyon Road, Donner Trail, East Bay, Falls Trail, loop hike, Middle Trail, Mount Diablo, Mount Diablo State Park, Rialto Drive, Wasserman Trail, waterfall, Wild Oat Canyon
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White Rock Canyon – Arizona Hot Spring Canyon Trail Loop (Lake Mead National Recreation Area, AZ)
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
Posted in Arizona, Moderate Hikes
Tagged Arizona, Arizona Hot Spring, Black Canyon, canyon, Colorado River, Hot Spring Canyon, hot springs, Lake Mead, Las Vegas, loop hike, Narrows, slot, waterfall, White Rock Canyon
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Ben Johnson-Bootjack Trail Loop (Muir Woods National Monument, CA)
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
Posted in California, Marin, Moderate Hikes, Mount Tamalpais State Park
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Perrine Coulee Falls, ID
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
Posted in Idaho
Tagged Idaho, Perrine Coulee Falls, Snake River Basin, Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls, waterfall
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Shoshone Falls, ID
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
Posted in Idaho, Uncategorized
Tagged canyon, Idaho, Shoshone Falls, Shoshone Falls Park, Snake River, Snake River Basin, Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls, waterfall
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Box Canyon Springs (Thousand Springs State Park, ID)
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
Death Canyon Trail to Patrol Cabin (Grand Teton National Park, WY)
It’s not too often that one can say that they overcame death. But conquering the Death Canyon Trail in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park offers such an opportunity. The beauty of the canyon—with its rushing cascades, inviting meadows, and cool … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Tagged canyon, Death Canyon, Grand Teton, lake, Phelps Lake, Phelps Lake Overlook, Valley Trail, waterfall, Wyoming
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Fallingwater Cascades Trail (Jefferson National Forest, VA)
Of the many hikes in the Peaks of Otter Recreation Area—part of Jefferson National Forest in central Virginia—the most popular is the Sharp Top Trail for its stunning views of the area. A second walk to consider, however, is the … Continue reading
Jonathan Run Trail and Sugar Run Falls (Ohiopyle State Park, PA)
The Youghiogheny River Gorge in southwest Pennsylvania’s Ohiopyle State Park has many echoes of other, arguably grander canyons in the area, such as New River Gorge in southern West Virginia and Cheat River Gorge at Coopers Rock State Forest near … Continue reading
