Hiking and Adventures
Here you'll find our travel guides, exploring an area articles and information on individual hikes and adventures.
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Hiking Hayford Peak
While exploring the Las Vegas area of Nevada, we spent some time at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Hayford Peak tops out at 9,924 ft and is in the Sheep Mountain Range. Not only was it the highest peak in the refuge but it was...
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Anza Borrego Camping, Hiking, and Longboarding
Anza Borrego State Park offers great desert hiking opportunities, beautiful scenery, and a number of hills to longboard. Some of the best Anza Borrego hiking takes you from deep inside narrow meandering desert canyons to the top of vast scenic overlooks and wild palm oases. The state park is an amazing place and an Anza Borrego camping trip is an experience you will not forget!
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Hiking Gass Peak
The Desert National Wildlife Refuge is a great place with a beautiful desert landscape. While checking out the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, we hiked to the top of Gass Peak.
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Exploring The Wind Caves
Right outside of Anza Borrego State Park in the Yuha Desert, we did a 5 mile hike to some incredible wind caves! You can see the first of the wind caves up close when you get to the top. These caves were formed from years and years of wind erosion. The wind has hollowed out caves in the sides of the surrounding mountains.
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Mud Caves!
Our favorite and most exciting hike in Anza Borrego State Park was exploring the Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves! We parked near the information sign seen above and immediately started checking out all the branching side canyons off of the main wash. In these canyons we came upon lots of unique mud formations such as tunnels, arches, and varying sized caves. Some of the branched canyons got very narrow. And some of the arches were low enough to make you duck under.
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Exploring Quartz Vein Wash
Quartz Vein Wash is a fun turn out in Anza Borrego to explore. There are some steep and narrow canyon sections with fun obstacles. And we also had a cool encounter with wildlife!
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Exploring the Anza Borrego Calcite Mine
Calcite Mine is a cool hike in Anza Borrego! To get to the mine there are numerous side canyons full of narrows, obstacles and opportunities for rock wall free climbing!
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Hiking Hellhole Canyon
We had a blast hiking to Hellhole Canyon. The wash was both sandy and rocky as we got closer and closer to the towering red rock walls of the canyon!
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A Walk Among Bristlecone Pines
From a turn off on the UT-14 there is a short mellow trail that leads to a wooden observation deck. Here you are surrounded by majestic Bristlecone Pines and are also granted a terrific view into a canyon and beyond.
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Ashdown Gorge Adventure
Ashdown Gorge is an exciting adventure at the bottom of a beautiful gorge! There are steep rock walls on both sides as you criss cross the water back and forth. There are some awesome features to explore along the way!
