Ryan Loughrey

The entrance to the Desolation Wilderness is anything but – neither desolate nor wild. The southern Lake Tahoe area, including…

For an area replete with unattractive names, the trail to Crags Lake is filled with beauty. Last weekend, we had…

Photo: Elizabeth Strube/All Trails We had it in our mind that the hike to Tangle Blue Lake was going to…

Covered in a thick blanket of snow, Heart Lake virtually disappears in the winter. Familiar summer landmarks are transformed into…

It is one of the locations that is close enough to make a day trip, and one I have done…

We woke up to find that the water in our bottles had frozen. We knew it was cold that night,…

This past weekend, Kiva and I visited Lava Beds National Monument for an overnight trip. I’ve been a few times…

via Instagram/@cavefishmite Burstarse Falls has been on my radar for a long time, but I have never had the chance…

The sun has inspired me to start thinking more about summer. In case you missed it, one of the activities…

The excessive heat is about to hit Northern California for the duration of the summer and I’ll be spending a…

After exploring Lassen’s Subway Cave, my spelunking desire wasn’t quite satiated. Subway Cave in Lassen was wild, eerie, and strangely…

My first attempt to hike Cinder Cone this summer did not go as planned, as I ended up getting stuck…

“The trail has got to be around here somewhere….” was our refrain for the day. After the long, windy, and…

Sometimes a trip starts from your eye catching a name on a map. For our trip, it started when we…

The whole time I’ve lived in Redding, I never knew Root Creek Falls existed. I had heard of a waterfall…