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2023 has ended and we've welcomed in 2024! And so the time has come to relay to you my top trails of the year. Another busy year meant not as many new trails to review. But there were still a few top trails that I'd easily recommend: 3. Waterfall Trail via Walker Ranch Trailhead A short but challenging trail. Done at the right time of year and you'll get a good amount of water flowing and some very nice waterfalls to see. Being a bit farther out from Los Angeles, it was not a

2022 is coming to a close, and with that comes my annual top 5 trails of the year! This year was a busy one in our lives, and so the number of trails we hiked fell off a bit. But that doesn't mean we didn't get to hike some awesome trails or see some beautiful places! 5. Petrified Forest National Park Not so much a single trail as it is a bunch of shorter trails and walking paths that can be done all in a day's drive through the park. This is certainly one of the more underra

As 2021 comes to a close, The Wanderer Hiking Blog celebrates a year of existence! Technically, our 1 year anniversary came at the end of November, but close enough... With the end of the year closing in fast, it's time again to share with you my top 5 trails of 2021. This year we went to four national parks! We also ventured to quite a few more trails in the Los Angeles area. So it was definitely hard to pick, but here they are: 5. Echo Mountain via Sam Merrill Trail Maybe i

With the end of the year comes the lists, the recaps, the look back. It's part of our society's tradition. Well, let's not make this year any different. While this blog is new, my lists of hikes this year is fairly long and I'd like to briefly share with you my top 5 hikes of 2020. Due to Covid, it is fairly limited to the greater Los Angeles area, although I did make it as far as Big Bear, CA this fall and did include a hike from that trip in here. 5. Lewis Falls (Azusa, CA)