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Step by Step Around Big Blue

Step by Step Around Big Blue

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

The Tahoe Rim Trail: Itโ€™s 165 miles of primo single-track circling Lake Tahoe via two mountain ranges, three wilderness areas and two states. Mile after mile of jaw dropping vistas of Lake Tahoe, quiet strolls through deep forest, and glacier carved lakes at the base of high granite peaks. In July, youโ€™ll find spectacular wildflower gardens at Meiss Meadows; August is time for a refreshing swim in Dickโ€™s Lake; and in the fall, yellow aspen leaves light up Snow Valley.

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Shasta Climbing Season Extended

Shasta Climbing Season Extended

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Wet spring helped preserve snow for summer climbing and skiing Donโ€™t put away those skis and crampons yet! Weeks of cool temps and steady moisture through June have kept Mt. Shastaโ€™s snowy flanks in prime shape leaving the window open for stellar late season climbing and skiing well into July and perhaps beyond.

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Rubber Room: Born Again Rock Stars

Rubber Room: Born Again Rock Stars

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Years ago, when I was a young, naive lad, I brought a pair old Boreal rock shoes to be resoled at the Rubber Room in Bishop. The resoling shopโ€™s logoโ€”a cartoonish scantily clad, rubber-wearing dominatrix found in climbing magazinesโ€”shared a certain salacious fervor more likely to be found in the back of a big-city weekly where the term โ€œmassageโ€ is thrown around rather loosely. So with this image planted firmly in mind with the spike of a six-inch heel, I hesitated at the door half expecting to be whipped and spanked. And I would have deserved it given the sorry state of my worn shoes.

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Park Once, Play More

Park Once, Play More

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Despite Californiaโ€™s empty wallet, the Golden State is not hurting for amazing outdoor recreation opportunities. From the redwoods to the Sierra and back to the Bay there is an adventure lurking along every highway. Surrounded by all these beaches, trails, rivers, and crags, the diversity of natural amenities makes it easy to do it all, if even in a single sunny day. Care to kayak then pedal singletrack? Or how about a road ride and then some bouldering? โ€ฆ Double-up days like these are no problem in the rich and diverse landscapes of our greater Nor Cal/Nevada region.

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Fact or Fiction?

Fact or Fiction?

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Youโ€™ve heard these myths before. Your uncle likes to repeat them at the dinner table, corporations tout them on TV ads, and politicians spew them during stump speeches. Theyโ€™ve been used over and over to justify poor environmental policy, and theyโ€™re just plain wrong. Here are the top ten most dangerous eco myths.

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Wild & Scenic Bachelor Party

Wild & Scenic Bachelor Party

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Greg Speicher watches as C-1 paddler Norwood Scott runs a rapid in Devilโ€™s Canyon. We are dragging Tecate. There is so much beer in the raft โ€“ as well as a cooler of frozen red meat and bacon โ€“ on our first day on the Middle Fork of the Feather River that the back end keeps hanging up on shallow rapid entrances.

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Open Your Eyes and Climb

Open Your Eyes and Climb

Posted by | Jul 1, 2009 | |

Ty Fairbairn pulls up into a Donner Summit sunset. Sometimes all it takes for progression is good vision. In the summer of 2006, Truckee rock climbers Ty Fairbairn, Dustin Sabo, Brian Sweeney and Scott Thelen opened their eyes to the obvious while driving along Interstate 80 and discovered one of the best new Tahoe rock climbing developments in recent years โ€“ the Castle Peak boulders.

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