Explorer Tim Rowland guides readers on an understated end-to-end jaunt that is worth a springtime visit— the Hoffman Notch ...

The trail is named for the 37-mile flume, built in 1888, which brought mountain water ... heading east up the hillside for about 0.4 miles before leveling out. After hiking about half a mile ...

Crows soared overhead as I made my way up the steep staircase leading to South Fortuna Peak in Mission Trails Regional Park. The mountain is only 1,094 feet tall, the smallest of the five peaks in ...