A new trail through the forest above Lake Whatcom is open for use, offering a 7-mile route below Stewart Mountain for hikers, ...

My useful Tom Harrison “Sespe Wilderness Trail Map” delineates a 5.8-mile downhill to Haddock Camp on unreliable Piedra Blanca Creek. (There, you join the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca National ...

Near Secret Canyon’s confluence with Pine Valley Creek (12.5 miles), the trail climbs and meanders above the draw until it reaches a junction with the Espinosa Trail (13.8 miles).

West Clear Creek Wilderness hike: Headwaters Trail. Length: 1-mile round trip (from the rim to the creek) Elevation: 6,600-5,950 feet. Rating: Insane. Getting there: From Payson, go north on State ...

The group said “it is simply not appropriate” to use apps such as Google Maps for the wilderness, though apps specifically designed for trails, such as CalTopo and Gaia GPS, were acceptable.

North Shore Rescue said it seems the hikers were following a nonexistent trail on Google Maps. Rescuers said hikers should not rely on urban map apps like Google Maps in the wilderness.

Most trails remain closed within the burn scar of the 119,987-acre Bighorn Fire, which raged from June 5 through July 23. Some trails are within Pusch Ridge Wilderness on the southwest flank of ...