North Fork of the American River

I was surprised to hear from someone, in response to my "Visit to Green Valley," that she wishes the trails of Green Valley kept a...

Yesterday I joined Ron Gould and Catherine O'Riley for a visit to Green Valley. The snow at the head of the trail had diminished to smal...

I hear tell that an important land acquisition has taken place, in Green Valley, just upstream from Giant Gap. The Siller Brothers Timber Co...

Ron Gould has put up a web page about the road/trail closure at Lost Camp, see http://www.northforktrails.com/lostcamproad/ There is all kin...

What an unusual fall, so stormy, so cool and cloudy! So often, October is bright and warm. Today it begins to find its old self. Our Black B...

[written October 9, 2007] The day after visiting Hayden Hill, and that lovely little patch of old-growth forest growing on the broad terrace...

Following the narrow ridge-crest north, zig-zagging just exactly as the local bears zig and zag, through masses of Ceanothus and small conif...