Given Muir Woods’ unique draw, with more than 19 million annual visitors, the retrofitted Ben Johnson Trail is a steep ...

A SoCal hiker said she thankfully remembered what to do when she encountered the puma — yelling, facing the cat, trying to ...

Sierra Buttes Lookout TowerOne of Northern California’s most scenic lookoutsIt took me two years to finally hike to the Sierra Buttes Lookout Tower near Sierra City. Plans kept getting diverted, ...