Timms Creek Trail connects the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail and the Sunset Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. It’s a quiet, secluded, rarely used trail that offers a great escape route if you feel you’re not up for the whole 12…
Big Basin Redwoods
Skyline-to-the-Sea trail blockage update
by tom • June 8, 2009 • 7 Comments
UPDATE: This blockage has been cleared. (The following is out of date; it’s remaining posted for historical reasons). Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail is blocked about a half-mile west of the headquarters of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Fortunately there’s a simple detour:…
Berry Creek Falls via Skyline to the Sea Trail
by tom • March 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
One for the it’s-hell-getting-old file (whose corollary is “holy shit I get more like my old man every day”): My dad got his absent-mindedness from his old man and thoughtfully passed it along to me. Because I’ve been trying to…
Little Basin to Big Basin
by tom • February 3, 2008 • 2 Comments
I had nothing to gain from this hike: I’ve already written a column about Big Basin for the Mercury News; the forecast called for rain all day; and it was with a group of over a dozen people, and I…
Hike videos of the Berry Creek Falls at Big Basin
by tom • January 29, 2008 • 0 Comments
I’ve been meaning to link to these and now that it’s waterfall season, these videos are worth a look: Part 1. Part 2. Part. 3 Anna, the producer of these videos, has a bunch more at her YouTube profile page…
Latest Hikes column posted
by tmangan • July 5, 2007 • 2 Comments
It’s a pretty quick take on a very big park. The intro: There’s a tree-hugger born every minute at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. The seductive charms of the park’s towering ancient redwoods become evident the minute you step on…
Big Basin from the back side
by tmangan • June 17, 2007 • 4 Comments
I wondered why that farm worker was giving me that strange look. Maybe it was because he has a backbreaking job providing all the exercise he requires and he can’t imagine why people would walk for recreation when General Motors…
Big Basin minus the waterfalls
by tmangan • June 10, 2007 • 4 Comments
This week’s hike is more prep work for an upcoming column in the local paper. Sorry if it sounds like a broken record, but if I blog about stuff for which there is an actual paycheck I can delude myself…
Working on my technique
by tmangan • July 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
"Lift your feet higher," the voice behind me says. "Lean back a little, balance your weight, and relax." For the first time in two years of hiking, I have a coach. His name is Shiguo, which sounds a lot like…