Hiking

2025 Hikes

Water and Wonder – Summer Paddling Adventure
Join us for a kayaking and river rafting outing on the Tuolumne River. Afterward, we will be leading a guided hike in nearby Yosemite National Park.
June 30 – July 2 (free community paddle) *canceled*

Fall Creek State Park Day Hike
Escape your daily life on a journey to the ridgetop of Fall Creek State Park, where we will pass by limekiln ruins and remnants of a barrel mill that operated over 100 years ago. This seven mile, 1500’ elevation gain hike will in-part follow the picturesque Fall Creek watershed which will provide a beautiful soundscape for our journey. 
Sept 21
7:30 – noon (free community hike) *canceled*

Majestic Beauty – Day Hike in Big Sur
Big Sur has everything one could wish for in a hike, including redwood groves and a wild coastline. This is an eight-mile moderate-level hike with an elevation gain of 1300 feet.
June 1
9:00 am – 2:00 (email for more info)

Pomponio’s Cave and Chestnut Farm Tour – Long-Ridge Preserve Day Hike
This hike will take participants to two historic locations. Our first stop will be an elusive cave once inhabited by a legendary Coast Miwok Indian known simply as Pomponio. Our second stop will be at a historic, organic chestnut farm that houses trees planted during the California Gold Rush. This beginning-level hike will be 4 miles round-trip and friendly to all experience levels.
October 19 
9:00 am – 1:00 pm (free community hike) *canceled*

General Wilderness Education

• The Wilds are Waiting: Hiking 101

• Basic and Advanced Wilderness Medicine

• Basic and Advanced Wilderness Survival and Preparedness

• Advanced Trekking: Going Long

• Expedition Leadership Training

• Denali Preparation Course

• Rainier Preparation Course

• Basic and Advanced Mountaineering

• Basic and Advanced Canyoneering

• Basic and Advanced Sea Kayaking

Specialized Wilderness Education

• Hunting for Wild Ice: Backcountry Ice Skating in Alaska

• Hiking the Appalachian Trail Shinrin-Yoku Style

• Movement as Medicine: Shinrin-Yoku

• Chasing Waterfalls: The Waterfalls of the Central Coast

• Born To Run: Indigenous Running People of the World

• Running with the Mind of Meditation

• Run Free: Running as Nature Intended

• Chi Running: Beginning and Advanced Levels

• The Coast Redwood: The Biology & Ecology of the Tallest Living Things on Earth

• Hiking Into Spirit: The Wild North Coast

• The Way of John Muir: A Saunter Through the Redwoods

• Hiking and Poetry: The Great Naturalists and their Poetry

• Hike Free: An Integral Approach to Hiking

• The Way of John James Audubon: Hiking and Bird Watching

• Poetry On The Peaks: The Mountains are Calling

For more information, please contact me.

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