North Fork of the American River

One finds oneself a sentient being cursed with a gnat's life span, rooted upon a strange and wonderful and terrible planet--our planet, ...

Julie, a tremendous hiker, sent me this account of her recent adventure on the Big Granite Trail. The Big Granite Trail or BGT leads down to...

I've been working on various projects for several weeks and have had little time for hiking in the North Fork. Yesterday, tho, I joined ...

Sawtooth Ridge divides the main North Fork to the south, and the NFNFAR (North Fork of the North Fork American River) to the north. It paral...

With regard to recent messages I have sent, I have these additions and corrections. 1. Helicopter logging near Blue Canyon: part of Tahoe Na...

Sunday morning I met Dave Lawler and Catherine O'Riley at Iron Point, near the head of the Euchre Bar Trail (EBT), for an ambitious ramb...

Friday morning I met Jerry Rein of Cape Horn for a quick excursion to Sawtooth Ridge, our objective, to find and follow the lower portion of...