San Bernardino National Forest

Activities Lytle Creek: redemption run A clean redemption run of the technical Lytle Creek canyon, wetsuits on, with a hard eye on the rappel transition where things… July 26, 2025 Activities SoCal powder before Easter Chasing back-to-back rare SoCal powder days right before Easter. March 16, 2024 Overlanding Idyllwild 4×4 with Sean A quick Bronco run on the Idyllwild forest roads, camping the free yellow-post sites in the pines. July 2, 2022 Activities Idyllwild, again Another unplanned long weekend in Idyllwild: 4x4, hiking, pines, and the obligatory small-town parade. February 12, 2022 Overlanding Lytle Creek, ruined A weekend of trying to relax at Lytle Creek, undone by a stuck 2WD truck and broken glass. August 7, 2021 Activities Big Bear: camp low, ski close Camping the north shore to beat the highway crawl and ski Big Bear close. February 27, 2021 Overlanding Big Bear, north-shore 4×4 Camping the quiet north shore of Big Bear and running the slightly-snowy east-side 4x4 trails. December 8, 2019