San Francisco is a city made urban mountain training. It's laughably hilly in spots, making it the perfect playground for hill repeats with a heavy pack. And San Francisco has the added bonus of having hundreds of colorful, interesting, and historical public stairways to climb....
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It's the 30th birthday of the Bay Area Ridge Trail! To celebrate this momentous anniversary, we're sharing the Ridge Trail's history in an excerpt from the new edition of Bay Area Ridge Trail, by Elizabeth Byers. The Trail A combination of unique characteristics primed the Bay Area for...
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San Francisco’s ever-changing palette of shifting fog interspersed with shafting rays of light provides a dramatic background that easily sweeps you off your feet (perhaps even quite literally if you’re standing on a windswept coastal cliff). And while at times it might be hard to...
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We asked Elizabeth Byers, author of the newest edition of Bay Area Ridge Trail, what makes the trail special for her and why others should take time to hike, cycle, ride, and explore it this spring. I first heard about the Bay Area Ridge Trail back...
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Deeming a restaurant to be "the best barbecue ever" is highly controversial and highly subjective. One palate may prefer a spicy tomato-based sauce, another may like a vinegar sauce, while yet another may be all about the rub and the smoke. And none of...
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Those of us who write guidebooks for a living like to make a big deal about how it's totally a real job and we're not just getting paid to bum around checking out cool stuff on some fat company's dime. It's work, you guys! We...
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What was once nondescript area full of industrial buildings and abandoned warehouses, the River North Arts District (RiNo) bordering the South Platte River in Denver is now one of the coolest neighborhoods in the country. Jaw-dropping art murals cover seemingly every available wall and alley in the...
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Becky Ohlsen, author of Walking Portland, is one of our prolific writers. She is constantly out hiking and researching and writing books for us. So it was nice for Becky to slow down just a bit and amble through the streets of Portland, observing all its...
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, and to coincide with the new release of Walking San Francisco, it seems fitting to highlight a love story that traverses several very walkable San Francisco neighborhoods. Join us as author Kathleen Dodge Doherty rolls back the clock and turns...
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We're back from another exciting week of Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, appropriately named because there was a fresh blanket of snow covering Blue Bear outside the Colorado Convention Center when we arrived. As we landed and picked up our badges and started rebuilding the booth, it...
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