You know about fourteeners, but let’s talk about “eighters”—peaks over 8,000 feet high where you don’t have to battle oxygen deprivation to savor a satisfying summit view. You’ll get a challenging hike, of course, on any of these three favorites. You just won’t need supplemental O2!
When you reach the fire lookout tower that crowns 8,535-foot Butler Peak, you reach a 360-degree panoramic view that captures the grandeur of SoCal’s most epic mountain ranges—the towering ridges… Read More
You’ll get your heart pounding and your muscles burning with the challenging adventure that is Cucamonga Peak. This 8,859-foot summit (or 8,858, depending on which sign you’re holding for your… Read More
Summer, swimming holes, natural waterslides: Good things happen in threes! Lucky for us, Redding, California, is a basecamp for watery riches. Hike into a canyon to a rock waterslide or… Read More
With a name that could suggest slipping and falling off a cliff, Mount Islip (pronounced “eye-slip”) may sound like a peak to stay away from. But the hike to the… Read More
Vanalden Cave in the Santa Monica Mountains is more a picture frame for landscape…
Historical hideout, hidden hollow, rustlers’ retreat. Whatever you want to call Dripping Cave in…
Star travelers can find dark skies and solitude for stargazing…
Historical hideout, hidden hollow, rustlers’ retreat. Whatever you want to…
When you reach the fire lookout tower that crowns 8,535-foot…
Summer in Big Bear means only one thing: Get out…
With a name that could suggest slipping and falling off…
Summer, swimming holes, natural waterslides: Good things happen in threes! Lucky for us, Redding, California, is a basecamp for watery…
Fancy yourself an expert on Bay Area outdoors? Well, smarty-pants, do you know that Concord has amazing open spaces, trails,…
