Two Forests, Bighorn Plateau. Sierra Nevada, California. August 9, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
This photo is from a place that I regard as one of the most intriguing locations in the Sierra Nevada, the area near Tawny Point on the Bighorn Plateau along the John Muir Trail (JMT) just north of Mt. Whitney. This [...]
For nearly two weeks now I’ve been meaning to start writing up the two longish Sierra Nevada pack trips I took earlier this summer, but life and the major task of describing two weeks of trail travel and putting together the photos have held me back. Rather than continuing to wait, I’ve decided to start [...]
Cait (from Light of Morn) shares a hint about sunflower plants in Almaden Valley:
A family that lives along Old Almaden Road as it nears downtown New Almaden plants a bank of sunflowers every year at the entrance to their property. There’s no curb, so I usually pull over under a pine tree just to the [...]
Tom Mangan (Two-Heel Drive) writes about one of my favorite local hiking areas:
Latest Hikes column: Sanborn-Skyline County Park. From my Hikes column at the Mercury News.
… A typical Saturday afternoon at Sanborn-Skyline might see a wedding reception, a family reunion and a half-dozen large cookouts all happening on the park’s main grounds. Busy, crowded, [...]
SFGate:
A Santa Cruz couple are hoping to restore some popularity to one of the classic early views of Yosemite, reopening a 19th century door on what Muir came to regard as a holy vista — the “sanctum sanctorum of the Sierra.”
Donna and Peter Thomas, a husband-and-wife team of artists who spend most of their time [...]
Tom Stienstra at SFGate:
Every March, it can be vital for people to stop for a day, go to their favorite spot in nature and take in the coronation of spring. There’s no better way to get a restart on life, especially when your real New Year’s resolutions can start taking hold.
I do this myself, over [...]
Yosemite Blog:
This year has been a great year for waterfalls and I’ve been getting some great photos of Horsetail Fall and the firefall. Here are a couple of my favorites… [Yosemite Blog]
Click the title link to visit the original post at Yosemite Blog where photos are posted.
This firefall is “organic” - it appears early in [...]
(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
This should be a good day to keep an eye on the Yosemite web cams - a very cold Pacific storm dropped snow down below 2000 feet across much of California yesterday and last night. It will probably be a [...]
A Tom Stienstra article about the Ohlone Wilderness:
The higher, the better / Ohlone Wilderness It seduces hikers into going just a little bit farther along its steep trails. The rewards are waterfalls, wildflowers and nights at rustic campgrounds.. “If only we go a little bit more.” That’s the tease when you take off from the [...]
Best Time of the Year in the Sierra?
It is September, and my favorite time of the year in the Sierra Nevada begins now and lasts for the next two months or so.
Aspen Leaves. Bishop Creek, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Labor Day weekend marks the last big rush of tourists to the Sierra - at least until the ski [...]
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