The early morning hours in the desert are magical. My destination is actually behind me. These are the Tierra Blanca Mountains.

This amazing bobcat was active hunting and getting water in this area over a couple of days. The ear striping looks just like you might see on a tiger. There's plenty of food and she looks strong and healthy.

Here is a collection of coyote photos, doing their coyote thing. They are active day and night.

Over the last six months, I've been experimenting with a trailcam in the local mountains. I am an avid explorer, including off trail wilderness areas. I've had some success, but recently found the holy

Fonts Point is a popular overlook above the Borrego badlands in Anza-Borrego State Park, CA. It is about a 4-mile dirt road trip from highway S22 outside Borrego Springs. We took a family weekend trip

I've had some small success with my trailcam recently. Last month, I moved it to a watering hole close to home. The watering hole attracted a coyote, some ravens, and a bobcat.

The Vallecito Mountains are in eastern San Diego county and spread over a large area. The west part of the range is dominated by Whale Mountain, but the goal today was the eastern high point at 3583'.

There were several strangely curled trees on Pine Mountain in the Angeles National Forest. The mountain is appropriately named since only pine trees were growing on it.

A 5-peak traverse of the southern half of the Santa Rosa mountain range in southern California. Started and finished in the dark. Total trip was 19.2 miles with 7107' of gain. It took over 14 hours to

Silverdome is the largest granitic structure in San Diego County. No trails lead to the top but it's only about 0.3 miles of cross country to climb it.

This abandoned water tower was rusted and left to the elements. It's a few miles away from any road but has a trail to it.

Here are a couple of my favorite photos from a hike to Mount Whitney in 2013. Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental U.S. Hitchcock Lake and Guitar Lake from Trail Crest Wales Lake

Devil Gulch is a deep gash in the San Gabriel Mountains north of L.A. There are no trails to get in or out. The gulch ends in the San Gabriel River, but a 90' waterfall blocks the entrance to it. We dropped

I met these fine specimens in the winter of 2015 in the San Ysidro Mountains. They were not overly concerned with me or my hiking buddies. It is always a rare treat to get close to these animals in the

The weather was favorable for a partial traverse of the Santa Rosa range crossing five summits. I planned a loop in this order: Pyramid Peak Marble Peak Rosa Point Mile High Mountain Villager Peak Because

I continued my desert peakbagging last weekend with Travelers Peak at the southern tip of the Santa Rosa Mountains. I drove a mile up the rough Calcite Mine Road to a turnaround point before I started

This was one of the first desert peaks I soloed back in 2013. The name comes from the profile of the mountain at certain angles. There is a popular palm oasis in the canyon below it and a good trail ends

I hiked to Sierra Peak today, the northern most peak in the Santa Ana Mountains. Last September, the Canyon Fire burned 2600 acres including this peak. The fire swept over it and burned quite a bit on

Riverside, CA is surrounded by several small urban mountains that provide great hiking and mountain biking options. I drove up to Martin Tudor Regional Park for the short 2.5 mile round trip hike to Mr.

This was the second rattlesnake I encountered hiking to Eagle Crag. This one was just on the edge of the trail. I was jogging down and only saw him out of the corner of my eye. I sensed danger and ran