A Hiking Blog for Southern California
A 13 mile partial loop up to the one of Southern California’s most well-known peaks, with a wide range of Southern California geography. This route is just one of the 5 Sierra Club-recognized summit paths. There are more ways to climb this mountain than any other in the San Gabriels.
Continue reading ‘Hiking Mount Wilson Via the Winter Creek Trails’
The National Park Foundation wants your best pictures taken on Federal Land.
The Share the Experience photo contest launched last week, and the beauty-shot contest of federal land is offering up its share of fabulous prizes.
Yes, this contest is sponsored by Ford and yes, is probably emblematic of the ongoing corporate sponsorship of underfunded public lands, but hey - I wouldn’t mind getting my photo on the Federal Recreation Lands Pass. Or getting a free trip to any national forest.
A hybrid SUV wouldn’t be too bad, either. Even if it’s a Ford.
Via a slightly paranoid Boing Boing, which notes an odd copyright contradiction in the contest’s official rules.
A short stint on the Pacific Crest Trail to a mountain with a lot of history. A cool, shaded, north-face trail takes you to the summit’s old Nike Missile radio base, while (an alleged) bushwhack leads to old gold mines.
Even though it’s already been disseminated to our little hiking blogosphere via Tom, but for anyone who missed it, Backpacking Videos is definitely going to be a site to watch.
Jason has made it his mission to collect and create the best web videos about backpacking, camping, and hiking and store ‘em all in one place. He’s already got a great video on starting a campfire with a single match and a nice slideshow video from Canyonlands.
I’m looking forward to the videos this site dredges from the deep, dark depths of the Internet …
Click here for a Google Map of Los Angeles hiking trails.
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