A News Cafe dot com » Thom Gabrukiewicz http://anewscafe.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://anewscafe.com http://anewscafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/anewscafeicon1.gif A News Cafe dot com Thom Gabrukiewicz: Kanaka Peak Trail http://anewscafe.com/2008/09/10/thom-gabrukiewicz-kanaka-peak-trail/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/09/10/thom-gabrukiewicz-kanaka-peak-trail/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:23:26 +0000 Thom Gabrukiewicz http://donigreenberg.com/?p=3070

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 to the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area…

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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…
]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/31/women-take-a-bow/feed/ Fun, full-moon fundraiser for Shasta-Trinity Trail http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/27/fun-full-moon-fundraiser-for-shasta-trinity-trail/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/27/fun-full-moon-fundraiser-for-shasta-trinity-trail/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:51:33 +0000 Thom Gabrukiewicz http://donigreenberg.com/?p=2852

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…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/27/fun-full-moon-fundraiser-for-shasta-trinity-trail/feed/ Beautiful hike: Squaw Valley Creek Trail http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/17/squaw-valley-creek-trail/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/08/17/squaw-valley-creek-trail/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:14:04 +0000 Thom Gabrukiewicz http://donigreenberg.com/?p=2692

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…

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Dogs make lousy patients. Not only can’t they tell you where it hurts, but they’ll troop on forever with an injury just because the sights and smells in the outdoors are so delicious.

But with a height that’s right about grass…

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Dusk falls and the surface of a high-mountain lake is vivid with concentric circles as trout rise to pluck off the evening hatch.

It might not feel like it just yet, but August marks the midway point for the general trout…

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