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Why Trail and Highway Safety Standards Matter for Adventure Travelers

Why Trail and Highway Safety Standards Matter for Adventure Travelers

In the Sierra Nevada, adventure often begins with the curiosity to see what lies around the next bend. It might mean loading the SUV for a road trip along Highway 395, heading into Yosemite, or shouldering a pack for several days among the granite passes and alpine lakes of the High Sierra. We come for…

Trail Running Beyond Racing: Yosemite, the Dolomites & Rogue Expeditions

Trail Running Beyond Racing: Yosemite, the Dolomites & Rogue Expeditions

What if your next great mountain adventure wasn’t about reaching a summit before noon, beating your personal record, or finishing a race? What if it was about running through the Dolomites in Italy, stopping for espresso at a mountain refuge, or spending a morning exploring the trails around Yosemite with a group of people who…

Safer Access to Tahoe’s East Shore: SR 28 North Parking Project Complete

Safer Access to Tahoe’s East Shore: SR 28 North Parking Project Complete

Some of Lake Tahoe’s most beautiful shoreline lies along its East Shore, where granite boulders, clear water and forested trails draw people back season after season. Getting out to enjoy those places should feel like the beginning of an adventure. Too often, finding a place to park along a busy highway has been the first…

Signature Sierra Experiences

After 14 years exploring the Sierra Nevada, these are the classic adventures that define this incredible mountain range.

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