Redwood National and State Park
OREGON
Oregon Coast
NEVADA
Great Basin NP: Wheeler Peak, Bristlecone-Glacier Trail
CALIFORNIA
Death Valley NP: Bad Water, Natural Bridge, Desolation Canyon
Dantes View
Eureka Dunes
Joshua Tree NP: Lost Palms Oasis, Mastodon Peak Loop, Cottonwood Spring Nature Trail, Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail, Keys View Loop/Inspiration Peak, Skull Rock Nature Trail, Cap Rock Nature Trail, Wall Street Mill, Wonderland Wash, Barker Dam Nature Trail Loop, Eureka Peak
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). I climbed it in 2002.
White Mountains Bristlecone Pine – Bristlecone Pine
Yosemite NP: Vernal Falls→Nevada Falls→Half Dome (constructed trail)
Yosemite Falls
Glacier Viewpoint
Redwood National and State Park
OREGON
Oregon Coast
Crater Lake National Park
WASHINGTON
Mt Ranier National Park (14,410′) Mount Rainier is an active volcano, and the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning five major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano. I climbed Ranier in 1980.
Olympic National Park: Hurrican Ridge, Anderson Pass
Mt Olympus→Ho River Valley
This is a description of a difficult traverse completed in 13 hours, car-to-car by Jaron…
SWITZERLAND Intangible Cultural Heritage Alpine pasture season Avalanche risk management Basel Carnival Holy Week processions…
Mapping how the U.S. forcibly took Indigenous lands Not long after the Great American Experiment…
What is cyclospora? Here’s how the parasite causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ spreads As cases of cyclosporiasis…
Before the Hugh Keenleyside Dam flooded the Arrow Lakes in the 1960s, and the CPR’s…