GIARDIA! Worried about getting it in the Sierras? Maybe you should read this article from the Yosemite Associations webpage! You should be more worried about personal hygiene!

The above picture is from the Superior Hiking Trail along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

 WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?

MINNESOTA TRAILS

ITASCA STATE PARK

JAY COOKE STATE PARK 

THE BOUNDARY WATERS IN MINNESOTA

SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL

MICHIGAN TRAILS

PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL SEASHORE

PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS

CALIFORNIA TRAILS

Kennedy Meadows Resort has burned down

 CARSON ICEBERG WILDERNESS

DESOLATION WILDERNESS, INCLUDING THE UPPER TRUCKEE

EMIGRANT WILDERNESS

JOHN MUIR TRAIL

KINGS CANYON-HELL FOR SURE PASS LOOP

LASSEN NATIONAL PARK

THE LOST COAST

MARBLE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS

MT SHASTA 

TAHOE YOSEMITE TRAIL

YOLLA BOLLY WILDERNESS

YOSEMITE

BAY AREA TRAILS

BLACK DIAMOND MINES

BRIONES

HENRY COE STATE PARK

MT. DIABLO STATE PARK

MORGAN TERRITORY

PT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK

SIBLEY VOLCANIC REGIONAL PRESERVE

SUNOL REGIONAL WILDERNESS

ETC

SUNSETS

BEARS

ULTRALIGHT BACKPACKING

EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST

HALF DOME TRAILWORK

RATTLESNAKES

In Memoriam

Galen Rowell 1940 - 2002

Barbara Rowell 1948 - 2002

AMY & SCOTT ON THE PCT

Amy and Scott now have their own web page up with their pictures from their two month hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. I highly recommend them as they offer a different outlook of life on the trail. There is plenty of humor in their writings, but they also show the difficulties of hiking with another person on a long trip. When you're with someone for 24 hours a day under stressful circumstances, you'll find out a lot about yourself, and your relationship. I worked with Amy at the Dept of Boating & Waterways, where she was able to take two months off to hike a section of the Pacific Crest Trail starting at the Mexican border. Click here

FAVORITE LINKS

TERRA GALLERIA PHOTOGRAPHY - This site has some really nice pictures of parks all over the world including some from some mountain climbing trips.

Brian Ernst's John Muir Trail Hike- These are some of the best backpacking pictures I've ever seen. I regret that I didn't hike the JMT at the same time he did. It rained a lot during his hike, and it shows in the pictures.

VIRTUAL PARKS - a great collections of 360 degree panoramas from the backcountry in places like the high Sierras, Canada & other states in the west. I'll start adding some of these soon.

Bay Area Hiker - A good site on hiking in the bay area. It also includes complete set of links for the area. One of my favorites was under "Rants and Raves" and had a listing of trails if you wanted to avoid bicycles and horses.

randomSPACE - Some great pictures from the various places in the US and Canada.