Diane's Big Adventures (and News)
Hike to Haddock Campsite
I've been wanting to thru-hike the Gene Marshall Piedra Blanca National Recreation Trail. The trail is 18 miles long but I have never seen the whole thing. I had hoped to do the whole thing this week
More...Posted on 2011-11-23
Hike to La Cumbre Peak
Today I hiked to La Cumbre Peak via Tunnel Trail with the Sierra Club.
Here's the view looking down into downtown from about 1/3 of the way up the trail. You can see the ocean, too. The trail-l
More...Posted on 2011-11-19
Great day to hike Tequepis
Hiked the Tequepis trail today. This is the perfect time to hike this trail. The air is clean making the views of Lake Cachuma just beautiful. We could see Hurricane Deck and the Sierra Madres. We cou
More...Posted on 2011-10-15
September adventures
On Saturday we hiked to Dabney Cabin along the Manzana Trail. It was quite an adventure! We started the morning with a forest fire blow the Goat Rocks and some lightning and thunder. Then we had to ru
More...Posted on 2011-09-11
Glorious Fishbowls hike over Labor Day weekend
On Sunday a group of us hiked the Fishbowls loop. What a wonderful place! It was in the Pine Mountain high country near Lockwood Valley.
The trail was fairly easy and level. The trail was in good con
More...Posted on 2011-09-05
Piedra Blanca up the creek
Yesterday we hiked up Piedra Blanca and at the first big creek crossing beyond the campsite, we headed up the creek a half a mile to a big swimming pool.
It was a pretty tough hike for such a short o
More...Posted on 2011-08-21
Weed's Mariposa Lilies
We did a nice hike connecting 5 trails and 2 roads today. We went up the San Ysidro Trail, along East Camino Cielo a short distance to Cold Springs trail, down to Hot Springs Trail, along the Edison r
More...Posted on 2011-07-24
Mt. Pinos
Trailhacker and I spent the weekend near Mt. Pinos. We camped at Able and did a day hike to Mt. Pinos. I was surprised that Mt. Pinos is almost 9000ft high. It's gorgeous out there and I hope to get b
More...Posted on 2011-07-18
Bioluminscent caterpillars on Cold Springs Trail
To celebrate the summer solstice I led a Sierra Club hike to the top of Montecito Peak. It was a lovely summer day. The sun actually came out early on this day, early enough to watch the Summer Solsti
More...Posted on 2011-06-26
Davy Brown and Willow Springs Trails
The Davy Brown and Willow Springs Trails are located in a nice canyon near Davy Brown campground. The Davy Brown trail starts in Davy Brown campground and goes up to Figueroa Mountain Road. The Willow
More...Posted on 2011-06-20
