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A Fine Time to Paddle
Push off from a sandy beach or paddle out of a protected harbor along the coast and you are physically no longer a resident of California, but of the eastern Pacific, at the edge of a vast wilderness.
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Tag: Pete Gauvin
The Lure of ‘Yak FishingโPaddle-powered angling offers a boatload of advantages, thrills.
I've been in the ocean all my life, surfing since I was 12 and fishing seriously since age 25. Often I would sit on my board between sets and look longingly at the outside edge of the kelp beds, wishing I had a rod with me to catch some tasty rockfish for dinner that night. Fishing off my longboard was never very comfortable, so I was completely stoked when my wife bought me our first sit-on-top kayak. I immediately took it out for a full bag of rockfish, and have diligently pursued this exciting sport ever since.
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Destination: ChicoโA Bike-Friendly, Park-Rich Sporting Oasis in the Sacramento Valley
Many people live for years in California without ever visiting Chico. Surrounded on three sides by farmland and set against the Sierra foothills 90 miles north of Sacramento, Chico sits safely off major thoroughfares. Unless Chico is your destination, or youโre headed up Highway 32 to Lake Almanor or Lassen National Park, thereโs little reason one would need to go there.
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Book Shelf
here are so many exercise books on the market that itโs difficult to imagine that thereโs any real need for another. But for outdoor athletes who pursue more than one sport โ that is, most of us โ thereโs little to be found between the sport-specific training manuals, the vanity-focused muscle-building titles and the celebrity-in-leotard exercise guides.
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Baja Paddling: Kayak the sun-kissed Sea of Cortez this winter
Thereโs nothing quite like spending a week on a desert island surrounded by turquoise water to recharge your batteries, recenter your priorities, and lighten your soul. Throw in the adventure of getting there by sea kayak, camping on remote beaches, lots of Vitamin D sunshine, and a margarita or two, and youโre just about guaranteed one relaxing, memorable winter/spring escape.
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Destination: Bend, Bachelor & Brew โ A Cascade playground thatโs closer than you think
For California snow sliders afflicted by an acute case of early-season skierโs flu โ that annual bug which worms into a skier/boarderโs cerebral cortex when the days grow short and trees turn bare โ a potential remedy may be found at the end of a long (but surprisingly sane) drive up Highway 97 in central Oregon.
Read MoreRay Jardine and the Revolution of Lightweight Wilderness Travel
Ten years ago, Ray and Jenny Jardine hiked the entire 2,700-mile length of the Pacific Crest Trail in only three months and four days with packs averaging less than nine pounds. Their 1994 trip was their third PCT thru-hike since 1987 and followed summer treks on the other two legs of what he referred to as the โTriple Crownโ of long-distance hiking โ the Continental Divide and Appalachian trails.
Read MoreDESTINATION MAMMOTHโAUTUMN SPLENDOR SANS THE CROWD
Now is one of the best times to visit the Eastern Sierra for a dose of alpine solitude and adventure. The twilight of summer and the onset of fall is arguably the most peaceful time of year in this bold landscape tucked away from Californiaโs swarming population centers by a little range of hills called the Sierra Nevada.
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Shasta Climbing Season Extended
Wet spring helped preserve snow for summer climbing and skiing Donโt put away those skis and crampons yet! Weeks of cool temps and steady moisture through June have kept Mt. Shastaโs 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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Wild & Scenic Bachelor Party
Greg Speicher watches as C-1 paddler Norwood Scott runs a rapid in Devilโs 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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