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Smoke Tree Canyon
Published Feb. 3, 2010
Stark and barren, yet glorious in their nakedness, Anza-Borrego’s skeletal mountain ranges conceal more than they reveal to casual passersby. If you want to know them better, you must leave the security of the automotive cocoon ...
Sycamore Canyon/Puente Hills
Published Jan. 27, 2010
The name “Sycamore Canyon” in California geography plays a rather redundant role. How many canyons have specimens of native sycamore, and how many of those were named (either in English or in Spanish) after that tree? ...
Vital Link Trail
Published Jan. 20, 2010
The practically straight-up Vital Link Trail connects popular Wildwood Canyon Park in the Verdugo foothills with the Verdugo Mountains crestline. Almost every step on the trail yields a higher vantage for the panoramic view of the ...
Flat Cat Canyon
Published Jan. 6, 2010
Flat Cat Canyon is the curious name given to a rugged gorge southwest of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park visitor center and not far outside ... More Post a comment
Mount Zion Loop
Published Dec. 30, 2009
On the Mount Zion loop hike, you get to discover plenty of wild territory tucked back into the steeply rising “Front Range” of the San ... More Post a comment
Rockhouse Canyon and Valley
Published Dec. 23, 2009
Straddling the San Diego–Riverside county line, Rockhouse Canyon and the broad, sloping alluvial basin drained by it — informally known as Rockhouse Valley — constitute ... More Post a comment
Las Virgenes Canyon
Published Dec. 16, 2009
Upper Las Virgenes Canyon, near Calabasas at the edge of the San Fernando Valley, is one of those places where you can make the sight ... More Post a comment
Sunrise, Sunset
Published Dec. 9, 2009
Sunrise, SunsetAn observer’s guide to the best sunrises and sunsets around San Diego. Winter is an often-ideal time for watching the sun rise or set ... More Post a comment
Harper Canyon
Published Dec. 2, 2009
A long and leisurely ramble up the sinuous course of Harper Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park leads hikers to Harper Flat, a four-square-mile valley ... More Post a comment
Punta Mesa Loop
Published Nov. 24, 2009
Clear, late-autumn skies and cool temperatures inland beckon you to visit southwest Riverside County’s premier ecological showplace: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. The leisurely half-day ... More Comment (1)
Dos Picos Park
Published Nov. 11, 2009
Serene Dos Picos County Park, outside Ramona, nestles into East County’s sweet-smelling chaparral hillsides like a dewdrop caught in the hollow of a leaf. The ... More Post a comment
Devil Canyon
Published Nov. 4, 2009
Southern California abounds with duplicate place names such as Devil Canyon, Devil’s Canyon, Devil’s Peak, Devil’s Punchbowl, and the like. In the particular Devil Canyon ... More Post a comment
Sombrero Peak
Published Oct. 28, 2009
Sombrero Peak rises head and shoulders above the southern precincts of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, its summit overlooking a hundred-square-mile expanse of rock-strewn mountains ... More Post a comment
Black Canyon Bike Ride
Published Oct. 21, 2009
Several back roads, some paved and some unpaved, strike off in various directions from Ramona, each offering splendid bicycle touring that doesn’t have to include ... More Post a comment
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