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Thom Gabrukiewicz: Kanaka Peak Trail(1)
Kanaka Peak Trail
Round trip: 7.8 miles
Hiking Time: 6 hours
High point: 2,700 feet
Elevation gain: 1,700 feet
Water: Available from Paige Boulder Creek, but pack plenty
Maps: USGS 7.5′ French Gulch
Contact: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 246-1225
Trailhead directions: From Redding, drive eight miles west on Highway 299…
Women: Take a BOW
Lila Tang with instructor Robert Tamson during last year’s Becoming an Outdoor Woman, California fly fishing outing at Bidwell Ranch near Burney. This year’s event is set for Sept. 19 - and spaces are still available. Ben Byng shows women how to tie their own flies during last year’s fly fishing weekend put on by Becomi…
Fun, full-moon fundraiser for Shasta-Trinity Trail
I caught up with Max Walter, a Redding Mountain Biking member, grade-school teacher and author of the best north state mountain biking book available (”North State Singletrack”), who has helped organize the work parties (between forest fires). Here’s the low-down on where the project is - and how everyone can help:
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Beautiful hike: Squaw Valley Creek Trail
Simplicity is the basis of greatness, and people who take the time to discover this hike will find something new to cherish each and every time out.
Over time, Squaw Valley Creek has sliced the surrounding dark basalt rock into a cascade of cool pools that babble under a canopy of mature, mixed conifer forest that includes Pacific yew, incens…
