Murietta Falls musings: The thing to do when you’re already hiking 12 miles with over 4,300 feet of uphill climb is to tag a few more on because the view’s a little better. Another thing to do is stand in…
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Murietta Falls, Ohlone Wilderness
Murietta Falls: Perfect weather to check it out
by tom • February 25, 2008 • 4 Comments
My days off are Sunday-Monday these days, which means I get a trails-to-myself day at least once a week if I want it. Today strikes me as perfect one to check out Murietta Falls on the Ohlone Trail: a day…
Murietta Falls
Off to Murietta Falls
by tmangan • February 21, 2005 • 3 Comments
I’m sore, tired and reeking with self-regard, having finished one of the most brutal hikes in the Bay Area today. It’s six and a quarter miles into the heights of the Ohlone Wilderness to a weak excuse for a creek…
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Everytrail Guides now on iPhone
by tom • July 17, 2010 • 8 Comments
This is the Big Moment for those of us in the Everytrail Guides Authors Guild (created right here as of this moment, I suppose): Guides are now available on the iPhone (via Everytrail Free and Everytrail Pro). I wish I…
Bay Area hikes: Diablo Range
NORTH View North Diablo Range parks in a larger map Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve: THD day hikes (2) Briones Regional Park: THD day hikes (4) Las Trampas Regional Wilderness: THD day hikes (2) Mount Diablo State Park: MN park…
Hiking
Great site for waterfall hikes
by tom • March 26, 2009 • 2 Comments
I’ve linked to this site a couple times but never given it the credit it deserves: Waterfallswest.com, which profiles hikes to waterfalls all over the Western United States and Canada. The list for California is impressive — especially because it…
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
New trails at Pleasanton Ridge
by tom • December 15, 2008 • 3 Comments
Avid reader Keith Barlow sent this news tip along this morning: Heads up that there is some new hiking (& biking & running) mileage on the Pleasanton Ridge. http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=1048 http://ebparks.org/node/1006 The article says you can get there by starting at…
Hiking
Geocaching: take the kids along
by tom • March 6, 2008 • 8 Comments
As I was walking with a rail-thin Army Reserve sergeant along the way to Murietta Falls awhile back, we got to talking about what his overweight preteen son thinks of hiking. In two words: hates it. Army Dad’s solution: give…
Photography
Waterfall photography, what I learned yesterday
by tom • February 26, 2008 • 12 Comments
I’m learning something new about taking pictures of moving water pretty much every time I go out. The coolest waterfall imagery, to my mind, has a certain flow that you don’t get by setting your camera on “automatic” and hoping…