Castle Rock Trail- Big Bear

Big Bear is the nearest place you can go to play with the snow. Apart from the skiing attraction, it is a popular place in the summer for hikes and to cool off.

Due to the elevation, it has a different topography compared to the mainland San Diego. Dont we all wish for the woods after the scorching heat?

Courtesy-Bigbearadventures.com

You hit the above sign easily while looking for this trail. It is mostly a rocky terrain with scope for rock climbing and scrambling.

The trail must be less than 2 miles roundtrip, but making way through the rocks pose a challenge.
The tree cover helps you all the way and reminded me of the redwood trees.

It was pretty difficult to sight the exact summit as we could not find many trail markers.

If you see the above sight at the midway point, you have seen the summit.

After some huffing and puffing and some steep vertical climb, we reached the top only to see the below breathtaking views of the Big Bear lake :)

Happy Skiing or Rock climbing!

The Lovely Woods - Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

The very first day of the new year was blessed. I spent it in a place I find peace at. I love the woods and imagine being amidst the tall redwood trees. I could not ask for more :)

This is the lovely Henry Cowell Redwoods State park near Santa Cruz, California.
Although I wanted to go to the Big basin State park, I settled with this due to time constraint. And it was a blessing in disguise!
Did the short redwood Grove loop trail with around 1 mile roundtrip.

This trail joins many other beautiful trails. This state park is less crowded and has a movie-like steam train station, a waiting room, coffee place, carts and lovely music playing. Seemed like a fairy land. I would recommend this place to anyone visiting the area.

Tree house in a different sense?

You want to know how old the trees are?

The rings tell the story. 

Cant visit Muir woods or Big Basin? Frown not.

Coz here you can find the exact setting in a lonelier wilderness.