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Put SoCal on Your Wall in 3D

May 3, 2010

When the team at Summit Terragraphics asked if I wanted to check out their new 3D relief map of Southern California, I was more than happy to oblige. Their maps are high-resolution satellite images overlaid on terrain models generated by NASA topography missions. They are meant to mimic the view you’d have if you were [...]

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LA Times’ Four Favorite SoCal Getaways

January 14, 2010

The LA Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog just posted its four favorite Southern California weekend getaways, and managed to tailor them for both the budget-conscious and the outdoorsy Angelenos. There’s great hiking at three of the four destinations, which include Channel Islands National Park and the town of Idyllwild, which is right at the [...]

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Pro Tip – Hike Soon, If You Can

December 7, 2009

If you can take off a day of work tomorrow or Wednesday, you should use that time to go hiking instead. SoCal hikers know the first one or two days after it rains are one of the absolute best times to go hiking in Southern California – the smog is wiped clean, the rain brings [...]

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Wet Weather on the Way

December 4, 2009

Today, the National Weather Service released a Special Weather Statement for Southern California, warning of an incoming weather system that has the potential to pour a significant amount of rain in the Station Fire burn area. Beginning late Sunday, a very cold low pressure system will settle in across Oregon and Northern California, increasing our [...]

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National Trails Day ’09

June 5, 2009

Tomorrow, Saturday June 6th, is National Trails Day, an annual celebration and volunteering drive organized by the American Hiking Society and other outdoor groups and retailers as a way to draw attention to and work on preserving our wild spaces. If you’re interested in volunteering, there are plenty of opportunities in southern California, from Griffith [...]

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Stop What You’re Doing

April 3, 2009

And go to northern California right now. The wildflowers are AMAZING. Yes, the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve says they’re at their peak now, but they also say it’s going to be a moderate to poor year at best. I just got back from the Pinnacles National Monument, where I swear I felt like I was [...]

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MSNBC Covers California Wildflowers

March 26, 2009

… and ends up showing a bunch of blooms right in our backyard in Griffith Park. Not a whole lot of substance here, but there are nice shots of wildflowers … and footage of the reporter picking them – which you absolutely should NOT do when you go out flower-peeping. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, [...]

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Weekend Wildflowers 3/20/09

March 20, 2009

The world-famous Wildflower Hotline has updated once again for the first weekend of Spring, and while the desert areas are still popping with color, it looks like the L.A. area is going to see some very nice color soon. If you’re in the mood for desert wildflowers, the Carrizo Plain National Monument and the lower [...]

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Weekend Wildflowers

March 13, 2009

Reader Alana wrote in recently, asking if I knew of any good weekend wildflower-heavy hikes in the L.A. area (a question lots of people seem to be interested in right now, which is great!). While I’m headed into the San Bernardinos for some snowshoeing this weekend, there are still some good resources for flower-peepers in [...]

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Know Your Birds

January 16, 2009

If you’ve ever been on the trail, awestruck by a soaring hawk gliding effortlessly on a thermal current, but wanted to describe it as something more than “that one big bird up there,” maybe you should swing by Temescal Gateway Park on January 20th. Santa Monica College biology professor Walt Sakai will give a free [...]

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