Torrey Pines State Reserve in La Jolla has some of the best and most rewarding coastal hikes you can do in Southern California. These trails provide a perfect backdrop for your exploration of amazing California coastal scenery, and they can be as long or as short as you would like. My favorite parts of the […]
Hikes
Hiking Bumpass Hell: Lassen Volcanic National Park
When exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park and hiking Lassen Peak, we decided to also hike Bumpass Hell, one of the park’s most well-known attractions. Bumpass Hell was named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, who stumbled on this area in the late 1800s while he was hiking. It is called Bumpass Hell because he fell in one […]
Hiking Lassen Peak: Lassen Volcanic National Park
I have always wanted to hike Mt. Lassen in the Lassen Volcanic National Park (part of the Cascade Range), so we made it a point to make the trip to the park over Labor Day Weekend (in 2011). We headed out for the hour drive from Red Bluff and made it to the park around […]
Hiking to the San Jacinto Summit from the Tram
In 2011, a couple of friends and I set out to hike to the San Jacinto Summit from where the tram drops you off. Without much research, we went into it thinking this would be a pretty straightforward hike, as the tram drops you off at 8,500 feet, and the summit is only 10,500. However, […]
Big Falls Waterfall in Forest Falls
Big Falls waterfall in Forest Falls is one of the largest year-round running waterfalls in Southern California. The top part of the falls is around 150 to 200 feet drop, and the water continues down to the river below. There are many small waterfalls below the main two which makes this waterfall seem like it […]