North Fork of the American River

I have written so many times about Green Valley, that I hesitate to repeat myself, in order to develop context for remarks about the geologi...

Tuesday morning Ron Gould and I drove into Burnt Flat east of Colfax, and took a tour down the Stevens Trail. It was my first time, since th...

I wish you all the happiest and most enjoyable of New Years. Recent weeks brought many storms and little hiking. Today I finally broke free ...

Hi all, I finally obtained the Timber Harvest Plans (THPs) for the CHY and SPI lumber companies, in the Big Valley/Little Granite Creek area...

The truly inimitable Julie reports on a recent adventure. As usual the geography is a little, well, vague. There are two trails to Mumford B...

Sunday morning I met Catherine O'Riley and old skiing buddy Kelly Olrich for a visit to Giant Gap, via the spectacular and steep Canyon ...

The 1884 Sawyer Decision more or less ended hydraulic mining in the Sierra. With respect to the patented claim on Canyon Creek known as the ...