Yosemite Valley possesses one of the most beatiful scenary in the world and is particularly renowned for its spectacular waterfalls and giant rocks. Among them, Yosemite Fall is probably the most vistied place in the valley. While most people visit Lower Yosemite Fall only, Upper Yostemite Fall is definitely worthy to pay a visit at least once in a lifetime for its great views on the valley and surroundings. The hike to Upper Yosemite Fall...

Toro County Park (near Salinas) seems like an interesting place.  It feels to me much like a less-popular Alum Rock; there are playgrounds and "fitness trails" near the parking areas, which are all clustered near the park entrance, but beyond that there are about twenty miles of apparently rarely-used hiking trails that head uphill quickly.Heading into last Saturday, I knew I was going to have a chance to hike but had no...

Rebecca, Laurent and I had a super hike at the Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve ... openspaceauthority.org and Calero County park ... parkhere.org.  We hiked the Mayfair, Longwall Canyon, Bald Peaks and Serpentine Loop trails.  Flowers were out in force ... including the first Indian Paintbrush I've seen this season.  The air was quite clear, and we got some fantastic shots of San Francisco, the Bay Bridge and even what...

Skiing some of the classic routes around Chamonix.day1: Weather was too bad to do Vallee Blanche so we kept to finding several ways down the Argentiere glacier. Then we took Bochart and skied down the Pendant glacier to Le lavancher through the trees and took bus home.day2: Lift to Aguille du midi shut so go to Brevant and ski the Pentes de l'hotel and the Couloir de l'ENSA. Weather at the top of...

With an extra hour of sunlight today I decided to walk along the Barbary Coast trail, a historic walk through downtown San Francisco, starting by Union Square and ending at Fisherman's Wharf.I walked through Chinatown, up to Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, and then along Embarcadero up to Aquatic Park before getting a delicious breadbowl of crab chowder.If you plan do this historical walk yourself, be sure to check out the Barbary...

Another nice ride along the Los Gatos Trail.  It's been cool and when we saw a break coming we got out there.  Perfect timing, temp started to drop fast just as we got back to the car.  Took some Video to continue to test out the new U tube function. This is a nice easy ride.

The wilderness known as the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree NP is a maze of wild and fabulous boulder canyons and peaks. There is no conventional hiking route through it because the terrain is so rugged. We completed a loop through the heart of the WOR, linking two canyons (Rattlesnake & Johnson Springs) in a scramble that covered only 4 miles but took 8 hours. Though not long in terms of distance, it is a physical and...

During a marathon training run, I ran around some of the trails on Mill Mountain.