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New Day Hiking Permit Requirements for Wilderness Areas in the San Bernardino National Forest

August 31, 2020 By Jeff Hester 6 Comments

Mt San Jacinto across the valley

Beginning September 1, 2020 day hikes up many popular trails in the San Bernardino National Forest will require a wilderness permit, and new trailhead quotas have been created to reduce overcrowding on the trails and help preserve the wilderness experience. Permit & Quota Information to Know Before You Go Where permits are required, they are […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: Cucamonga Wilderness, Mt San Jacinto Wilderness, San Bernardino National Forest, San Gorgonio Wilderness

Interview: John Soares, author of ‘Camp for Free: Dispersed Camping & Boondocking on America’s Public Lands’

July 30, 2020 By Jeff Hester Leave a Comment

Interview with John Searles, author of Free Camping

Since the pandemic shut things down in California back in March, we’ve been keeping connected through weekly online “Happy Hours.” Each week, we discuss a different topic related to the outdoors, and for our 14th happy hour, we held a Facebook Live discussion with John Soares, author of Camp for Free: Dispersed Camping & Boondocking on […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: boondocking, camping, dispersed camping, John Searles, public lands

How to #RecreateResponsibly as Trails Re-Open

May 22, 2020 By Jeff Hester 3 Comments

Jason approaching Sawmill Mountain

As I sit down to write this, it’s the Friday before the 3-day Memorial Day Weekend holiday. It’s also the 65th day of California’s Stay-at-Home order, so the days of the week and holidays don’t seem to carry the same weight. Trails are reopening all over the country, and people are itching to get on […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: #RecreateResponsibly, coronavirus, Covid-19

How to answer the question “Is the [fill-in-the-blank] trail open?”

May 11, 2020 By Jeff Hester 4 Comments

Is this trail open?

As hiking trails and parks begin to reopen, often with restrictions and new rules for social distancing and face coverings, the question on everyone’s mind is “which hiking trails are open?” If you visit any of the Facebook groups devoted to hiking, you’ll see plenty of people asking the question in various forms. “Are all […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: closures, coronavirus, Covid-19, openings, Stay-at-Home

Trails are Re-Opening in Los Angeles (but not all)

May 7, 2020 By Jeff Hester 1 Comment

Hiking trail in Griffith Park

Good news, confusing news.  The good news? Many hiking trails are re-opening in Los Angeles. The confusing news? There are still many trails in Los Angeles County that are not reopening. To begin with, Los Angeles County initially announced that hiking trails would reopen on May 8th. Many hikers heard this news and immediately assumed that it […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19, Los Angeles, Stay-at-Home

12 Outdoorsy Podcasts to Keep You Stoked While You’re Stuck at Home

March 27, 2020 By Jeff Hester 7 Comments

Outdoor Podcasts to fuel your stoke

Podcasts can be entertaining, informative, and educational. They are free to listen to, and portable. I like to listen to them on the drive to the trailhead. And they can provide a great mental escape when you’re stuck inside. We asked members of the SoCal Hikers group on Facebook to share their favorite outdoorsy podcasts, […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19, podcasts

COVID-19 Park and Trail Closures

March 26, 2020 By Jeff Hester 8 Comments

Park and Trail Closures due to the Coronavirus

A few weeks ago I was planning my training hikes for my Mount Rainier climb. Now I’m hunkered down and my “hikes” are limited to walking the dogs in the neighborhood streets. We don’t live near any trails, so that will have to suffice for now. The spread of COVID-19 have resulted in restriction of […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19, trail closures

Social Distancing on Public Trails

March 24, 2020 By Jeff Hester 1 Comment

COVID-19: Social Distancing on Public Trails

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sarah Guillermo, a cardiac registered nurse and avid hiker.  Nurse here: Can we please collectively check our vibe for a second? The collective panic is just as contagious as COVID-19. But you can choose reason over panic. We’re on the eve where we can still turn a […]

Filed Under: Hiking News Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19

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