I’ll go first: Panorama Trail at Yosemite National Park. Runner-up: Berry Creek Falls Trail at Big Basin State Park in California.
Trails
A couple sites for East Coast (U.S.) hikers
by tmangan • November 28, 2005 • 1 Comment
Just found two excellent sites: Hiking Upward, which profiles tons o’ trails in Virginia/West Virginia; and Mid-Atlantic Hikes, which ups the ante with Pennsylvania and Maryland. If you live somewhere that doesn’t already have one of these “where should I…
Cool Tomales
by tmangan • November 27, 2005 • 1 Comment
Three weeks back, I slogged though mist, rain and fog to Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore. I saw all there was to see, provided it was less than a hundred feet into the fog. I knew a return…
The Official Fall Colors Hike
by tmangan • November 13, 2005 • 2 Comments
One of the excellent rewards of hiking every weekend is seeing the seasons change. Most of the trees in the Bay Area are evergreens so we don’t get New England-style, knock-your-socks-off autumn colors, though we do get a few splashes…
The Cables at the Half Dome
by tmangan • November 13, 2005 • 0 Comments
A writer confronts The Cables at the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park So now what? Do I hurl my hands forward and reach for the cables, hoping in the split second my hands are free I don’t slip? Or…
Top six high country hikes
by tmangan • November 11, 2005 • 0 Comments
In the world according to GORP. We come for the views, of course, but we also come for the feelings, for the strain of a good, honest climb and the chill of cold wind on hot sweat the moment we…
The trail around San Francisco Bay
by tmangan • November 10, 2005 • 0 Comments
Here’s a story (littered with little errors only a copy editor like yours truly would notice) about the San Francisco Bay Trail, one of a couple of ambitious trail projects designed to circle the whole Bay Area. Another one called…
Cold Tomales
by tmangan • November 7, 2005 • 0 Comments
On a sunny day, the route to Tomales Point is breathtaking. The roar of the Pacific Ocean crashing against the cliffs. Cool breezes all the way from Japan. Elk the size of stallions grazing on a hillside. Yesterday wasn’t one…
On the rocks
by tmangan • October 30, 2005 • 0 Comments
Castle Rock State Park is a gorgeous little place in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s not especially large and the main trail is a nice five-mile loop with just enough hills to give you the sense that you’ve gotten some…