LOS ANGELES In spring and fall, desert camping attracts thousands of tourists in Southern California. Joshua trees curve up out of the dry ground like spiky sculptures, and Mojave rattlesnakes ...

Few places are as vast and ever-changing as the desert, where the landscape shifts with the seasons and life impressively thrives in a hostile environment. One of the best ways for San Diegans to ...

The winter months in California provide a unique opportunity for camping. Outside the ski resorts, there are fewer tourists, and when there is not an atmospheric river dumping feet of water, the ...

Winter trailblazing is great if you know where to go. Here are our favorite winter hikes from the Adirondacks to the Aloha State. Winter often revamps landscapes into an entirely different world, one ...

The best places to camp in California include Yosemite for granite cliffs, Big Sur for ocean bluffs, Joshua Tree for desert ...

This is the Trail Report, a weekly email newsletter from reporter Maura Fox about hikes and San Diego County’s outdoors. Sign up to get it in your inbox first. I’ve dedicated the better half of my ...

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I’ve been camping since I was a kid, and the experiences sparked my adventurous lifestyle. Soon after college, I moved out West to live in the mountains full-time. Today, my family spends our free ...

Let’s be honest: Winter camping isn’t for everyone. If you find the idea of sleeping in a tent in below-freezing weather to be downright unpleasant, don’t worry—there are plenty of summer sports and ...