One of my favorite threads at the BAHiker.com bulletin board asks folks to share the steepest local hikes. There’s wide consensus that a section of old gravel road at Henry Coe State Park known as the Hobbs Road Short Cut…
Mangan's memoirs
Site revised
by tmangan • July 2, 2007 • 3 Comments
I tweaked the pages a bit and diddled with the color scheme, so now with that out of the way I can get working on more actual fresh content — it’ll have to wait till tomorrow, though, because I have…
Sanborn Skyline County Park
Sanborn Skyline Part II
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 2 Comments
So I’m stopping for lunch near a trailhead at Sanborn Skyline County Park that happens to be across the road from Castle Rock State Park. The Sanborn Skyline parking lot is full, but none of those carloads of hikers are…
Dan Mitchell's Outside
Essential site: Dan’s Outside
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Dan Mitchell loves to hike and camp, but his passion for photography is the highlight of his site. He has a knack for bringing back interesting imagery from a couple parks near San Jose — Almaden Quicksilver and Calero —…
Mangan's memoirs
Buying an ad at Two-Heel Drive
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Two-Heel Drive is the San Francisco Bay Area’s only blog devoted solely to local outdoor recreation opportunities. It’s updated every Monday with a new photo essay, and posts updates with news, commentary and links throughout the week. Content here focuses…
The WildeBeat
Essential site: The WildeBeat
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Steve Sergeant’s podcast on getting into the wilderness is pretty much the standard against which outdoor podcasts should be measured. He leads hikes year-round with the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club. Knows his way around a camp stove,…
California Wine Hikes
Essential site: California Wine Hikes
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Russ Beebe is a longtime leader of local hikes and a lover of fine wines who has, as far as I can tell, personally introduced the concept of combining hiking and wine tasting to the United States (he says it’s…
Fedak.net
Essential site: Fedak.net
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
John likes to hike long and hard in the local hills and takes in some Sierra peak-bagging when the mood strikes. He a couple hundred photo albums and going on 10,000 photos from his hikes. Every time I think I’ve…
Kevin Gong's Hiking Page
Essential site: Kevin Gong’s Hiking Page
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Kevin Gong is a local techie who updates his site regularly with new hikes in the region, plus a few outside. His posts include mileage, elevation gain and ratings from 1 to 10. He also has a raft of excellent…