Half Dome Permit & Cables Planning Guide
A Half Dome hike permit stands between you and the last 400 feet of the most famous climb in Yosemite…
Yosemite Permits & Wilderness Access Guide
Yosemite National Park permits sort into two camps. Day hikes need none, with one famous exception: the cables on Half…
Yosemite Weather by Month: Winter, October, January & More
Yosemite National Park in winter is a different park from the one on the postcards. Tioga Road and Glacier Point…
Point Reyes Hiking & Alamere Falls Guide
Picture a waterfall that drops about 40 feet over a coastal bluff and lands on a sandy beach, with the…
Penitencia Creek & Alum Rock Hiking Guide
For a few decades around the turn of the twentieth century, San Joseans paid a quarter to ride a steam…
San Bruno Mountain Hiking Guide
For decades, developers planned to flatten parts of the hills south of San Francisco for housing, and residents and conservationists…
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park Hiking Guide
In 1909, families rode ferries and trolleys from across the East Bay, and even from San Francisco, to a private…
Briones Regional Park Hiking Guide
In 1829, a rancher named Felipe Briones built a home near what is now the Bear Creek entrance and let…
Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park Hiking Guide
Redwood Road climbs out of Highway 13, crosses Skyline Boulevard, and slides past horse stables, and then the light changes….
Mission Peak Hiking Guide
From the parking lot at the end of Stanford Avenue, Mission Peak looks like a triangle of golden grass sitting…
