Condor Gulch – High Peaks Trail Loop (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Originally the work of volcanoes 23 million years ago, the rocks of today’s Pinnacles National Park were moved, upended, chiseled, and weathered by water, wind, and the infamous temper of the San...
View ArticleTop 10 Hikes in 2019
2019 has come and gone, and it was an excellent year for hiking. Over the course of the year, I added 43 posts to Live and Let Hike and notched nearly 150,000 site visits (81,000 visitors). As always,...
View ArticleBear Gulch Cave – Rim Trail Loop (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Sporting one of California’s finest talus caves and shoreline access to a picturesque, rock-hewn reservoir, the Bear Gulch Cave Trail is one of the most popular hikes in Pinnacles National Park. Here a...
View ArticleSouth Wilderness Trail (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Every national park has one: a trail that, despite lacking any particularly notable beauty, exists seemingly to be hiked only by those seeking the satisfaction of completing every trail in the park. In...
View ArticleChalone Peak Trail (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Rising to 3,304 feet, Chalone Peak is the highest point in California’s Pinnacles National Park and a worthy challenge for peak-baggers who seek to brave the exposed sun and 2,000 feet in elevation...
View ArticleJuniper Canyon Trail to High Peaks Loop (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
High Peaks Trail, Pinnacles National Park, March 2022 So jagged, sharp, and forbidding are the towering spires of central California’s Pinnacles National Park that there is no road able to bisect it,...
View ArticleBalconies Cliffs – Balconies Cave Trail Loop (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Balconies Cave Trail, Pinnacles National Park, March 2022 Talus caves—formed when crashing boulders fall into chasms, flooding the canyon with darkness—are an intriguing feature of central California’s...
View ArticleTop 10 Hikes in 2022
Medicine Bow Peak Trail, Medicine Bow National Forest, July 2022 As 2022 draws to an end, it is—as per tradition—time to look back on the year at Live and Let Hike. This is the ninth year of the...
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