From Sierra Club Compass:
Kibosh on the Kaibob.
Way out there in the Grand Canyon Game Preserve, a land inhabited by the Mexican spotted owl, the northern goshawk, and the Kaibob squirrel, the U.S. Forest Service planned to burn and log 17,000 acres of forest. The Bush administration’s “Healthy Forest” plan defends such projects as necessary [...]
As the sun went down on this early-February evening it felt just like summer in downtown San Jose. The temperature had been in the upper 70s today, and everyone was outside this evening in shirtsleeves. Odd…
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I went out twice this weekend with the intention of taking pictures, but I came back pretty much empty-handed both times.
On Saturday I took a little loop hike at Almaden Quicksilver - out on Randol, up Prospect #3, and back to the Hacienda entrance via Mine Hill, Castillero, English Camp, and Deep Gulch. Although I [...]
I encountered another band of outlaw mountain bikers on a single-track trail at Almaden Quicksilver Park yesterday. This time they were headed down an extremely muddy Prospect #3 Trail.
The sign in the photo appears right at the top of this trail - and you can see the trail at the left side of the [...]
No Bikes sign. Prospect #3 Trail, Almaden Quicksilver. February 4, 2006.
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Yup, that was my morning on Mission Peak.
I ascended via the Horse Heaven trail again this morning, starting a bit earlier this time. It was extremely - and surprisingly - windy right at the parking lot, and it just got windier as the morning went on. But first, the cows…
The route I followed cuts off [...]
Pacific Ocean. Near San Gregorio State Beach. February 3, 2006. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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Four Oaks. Calero Park. February 2, 2006. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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Two Hikers. Mission Peak. January 28, 2006. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
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Interesting Conditions in the Bay Area This Weekend
We have a very unusual weather forecast this weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area in that the word “snow” appears! The prediction is that we’ll have snow showers - and some accumulation of snow - above the 2000′ level tonight and possibly even lower by Saturday.
Since I have a four-day weekend, I’m hoping [...]