I’ve dedicated the better half of the column this month to the hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, stemming from a camping trip I took over the first weekend in February. Late winter is the best ...

Question: I’m fascinated with the desert backpacking experience. I’ve been to Big Bend and the Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas, but I am interested in seeking other backpacking adventures in the ...

This is the Trail Report, a weekly email newsletter from reporter Maura Fox about hikes and San Diego County’s outdoors. Sign up to get it in your inbox first. I’ve dedicated the better half of my ...

Travel editor's note: Lee and Gail Forstie are from Oronoco. Lee is a retired IBMer who is now employed at Tri-State Business Machines. Last year's winter seemed to go on and on. Planning an escape to ...

Of all Earth's continents, nowhere is as ecologically diverse as North America. From the magnificent peaks of the Rockies and the verdant prairies to the white sand beaches and rugged cliffs of its ...

Hikers now have a new hiking trailhead in Desert Hot Springs they can use to trek through Long Canyon Trail. The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, Friends of the Desert Mountains and Coachella ...

Autumn changes everything in the Valley of the Sun. Autumn means that overflowing bowls of Halloween candy are acceptable décor and pumpkin spice flavor is added to everything from coffee to cookies ...

In the Palm Springs, for example, the average high during the month of February has been between 60-65 degrees. The high is ...

In teaching geology, many professors might crack open a textbook or click through a PowerPoint presentation. Nick Van Buer, an associate professor of geology at Cal Poly Pomona, has something far more ...

HENDERSON, Nev., Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a new generation of sustainable hiking boots launches from a father-and-son founding team of environmental footwear innovators: Erem is the first ...