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California's weather is currently influenced by a so-called "blocking high" off the Atlantic coast which brought us nice warm and sunny T-Shirt days down in the valley for almost all of December so far (and it doesn't look like it will change any time soon). Unfortunately this prevents the winter storms from rolling in and the...

After my failed attempt to climb Tells Peak last week I did my home work, studied what went wrong and why I didn't find the Highland Trail. After checking the different topo maps on caltopo.com, I realized that the US-Topo Map which I had with my (and was on my GPS) was outdated and contained an old version of the Highland Trail....

Recently I discovered that the 4 peaks of the extended Crystal Range north of Rockbound Pass (Red -, Silver -, McConnel - and Tells Peak) have a relatively short access from west. The so-called "Ice House Road" from Kyburz to Loon Lake is a regular asphalt road and supposedly plowed all winter long too. The minor single lane...

Quick trip to the Sierra to check out the snow situation at Round Top. I should have brought my skis along, because there was more than plenty of the white stuff. Walked from Carson Pass to Winnemucca Lake to the saddle between The Sisters and Round Top and then via west ridge (snow free) to the top. Back the same way. (For...

After last weeks outing to Flagstaff Hill, I actually didn't think I would go back to this mountain (ever) again, because there wasn't really much which was extremely attractive for a mountaineer like me. However, I kind of had to, because I lost something precious up there (most likely during the bushwhacking up to the summit)....

Fall has arrived in California and with it the first winter storms. My plans for the Sierra Nevada were cancelled the night before due to extensive snowfall in the Tahoe area. As an alternative I planned to visit Flagstaff Hill, a mountain on Folsom Lake which should give me a rather good view of the Lake and the surrounding area....

Anderson Peak is one of the few mountain tops in the Tahoe area which haven't received a visit from me yet, even though I tried twice already. The first time, I failed due the icy steep north face and not carrying crampons with me and the second time I ran out of time due to an unplanned detour. This time I was rather sure I would...

Letzter Hikr-Eintrag aus unseren Hawaii-Ferien Für diesen Trail bräuchte es eigentlich keinen Beschrieb. Diese "Tour" oder "Ausflug zu einem Wahrzeichen von Honolulu" ist geschichtsträchtig und vielseitig beschrieben. Als Abschluss unserer Hawaii-Ferien eignet er sich jedoch sehr gut - das Stängeli (10 Touren) ist somit...

Erste eigentliche Regentour auf Hawaii... Im Vorfeld wurde uns mitgeteilt, dass je nach Insel, Küste & Lage wir jeden Tag mit kurzen Regengüssen rechnen sollen. Bereits sind wir 3 Wochen auf Hawaii (& 3. Insel) und erleben heute unseren ersten richtigen Regenvormittag. Da wir in der Region Kapaa/Wailua stationiert...

Waimea Canyon im Kokee State Park / malerischer Canyon mit dem Beinamen "Grand Canyon des Pazifiks Der Waimea Canyon an Kauais West Sidewird auch „Grand Canyon des Pazifik“ genannt. Obwohl dieser Canyon nicht so groß oder so alt ist wie sein Bruder in Arizona, ist dieses geografische Wunder mit nichts auf Hawaii zu...