Timms Creek Trail connects the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail and the Sunset Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. It’s a quiet, secluded, rarely used trail that offers a great escape route if you feel you’re not up for the whole 12…
Big Basin Redwoods
Skyline-to-the-Sea trail blockage update
by tom • June 8, 2009 • 7 Comments
UPDATE: This blockage has been cleared. (The following is out of date; it’s remaining posted for historical reasons). Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail is blocked about a half-mile west of the headquarters of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Fortunately there’s a simple detour:…
Berry Creek Falls via Skyline to the Sea Trail
by tom • March 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
One for the it’s-hell-getting-old file (whose corollary is “holy shit I get more like my old man every day”): My dad got his absent-mindedness from his old man and thoughtfully passed it along to me. Because I’ve been trying to…
Little Basin to Big Basin
by tom • February 3, 2008 • 2 Comments
I had nothing to gain from this hike: I’ve already written a column about Big Basin for the Mercury News; the forecast called for rain all day; and it was with a group of over a dozen people, and I…
Hike videos of the Berry Creek Falls at Big Basin
by tom • January 29, 2008 • 0 Comments
I’ve been meaning to link to these and now that it’s waterfall season, these videos are worth a look: Part 1. Part 2. Part. 3 Anna, the producer of these videos, has a bunch more at her YouTube profile page…
Latest Hikes column posted
by tmangan • July 5, 2007 • 2 Comments
Big Basin from the back side
by tmangan • June 17, 2007 • 4 Comments
Big Basin minus the waterfalls
by tmangan • June 10, 2007 • 4 Comments
Working on my technique
by tmangan • July 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
"Lift your feet higher," the voice behind me says. "Lean back a little, balance your weight, and relax." For the first time in two years of hiking, I have a coach. His name is Shiguo, which sounds a lot like…