Mastodawn

In the West Salmon Mountains of Trinity Alps Wilderness, day 2 followed better trail, as we headed up to Horse Ridge Trail along Horse Trail Ridge, tagging Trinity Summit (Guard Station) and North Trinity Mountain along the way. It hardly ever lost us!

More details here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2026/04/trinity-trinity-summit-and-horse-trail.html

#California #HumboldtCounty #TrinityCounty #SixRiversNationalForest #TrinityNationalForest #ShastaTrinityNationalForest #TrinityAlpsWilderness #SalmonMountains
#hiking #backpacking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger

Valerie Norton May 24

This was just an overnight, but not a quick one, in the West Salmon Mountains of Trinity Alps Wilderness.

Day 1 was winding along Crogan Hole Trail before finding a way roughly along McKay Meadows and Tish Tang Ridge Trails, which could be in better shape.

For more information, check out: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2026/04/trinity-crogan-hole-and-tish-tang.html

#California #HumboldtCounty #SixRiversNationalForest #TrinityAlpsWilderness #SalmonMountains
#hiking #backpacking #nature #landscape #travel #outside #hike #mountains

Joshua Shepherd May 12

According to @[email protected], an expansionist megacorp named for an exploited rainforest is attempting to move into a coastal small town named for an expansionist president, #McKinleyville. Citizens of imperialist namesake are NOT HAPPY. #HumboldtCounty #NorCal #FortressCalifornia

HumToTable Apr 21

Hey Humboldt folks, I know we all love places like Arcata Marsh & Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge for birding, but don't sleep on the ponds behind Gene Lucas Community Center in Fortuna. Took The Retriver there this morning & logged the most species ever in a Merlin Bird App session. Swallows everywhere, & it even clocked a Purple Martin! 🤩
Plus this Egret was giving marsh realness posing for a few bird photographers - I only got a crummy iPhone shot. Species in next toot.
#Birding
#HumboldtCounty

Valerie Norton Apr 15

Just a little hike on shifting ground under shifting weather at the local National Natural Landmark. For more information, check here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2026/01/shifting-sands-loop-of-ma-lel-dunes.html

#California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtBayNationalWildlifeRefuge #MalelDunes #NationalNaturalLandmark
#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #sanddunes #sand #beach

F. Douglas Wall Mar 1

Although I haven't been posting regularly here, I have been participating in the Barking Alien Campaign Tour Challenge to develop my post apocalypse setting based on #HumboldtCounty and #DelNorteCounty for #AshesWithoutNumber

#ttrpg #swn #StarsWithoutNumber #CampaignTourChallenge

Campaign Tour Challenge
http://fdouglaswall.blogspot.com/search/label/Campaign%20Tour%20Challenge

There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road

The Mendocino Voice Feb 19

🙌 UPDATE: George Breed has been located, according to authorities. Thank you to everyone who shared.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/02/silver-alert-for-missing-mendocino-county-man-canceled/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#MendocinoCounty #SilverAlert #LakeCounty #MarinCounty #SonomaCounty #HumboldtCounty

The Mendocino Voice Feb 15

🕯️ From our nonprofit partners at CalMatters: A Yurok Tribe member who advocated for improved mental health services and suicide prevention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/02/mental-health-advocate-for-california-tribes-dies-victim-in-murder-suicide/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#MendocinoCounty #IndianCountry #NativeNews #HumboldtCounty

Valerie Norton Dec 23

We headed out for a bunch of little hikes among the peaks of the Lassics, which tend to feature in the minds of the outdoorsy locals because they can be seen from so many places.
Many more details here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/08/hiking-lassics.html

#California #SixRiversNationalForest #MountLassicWilderness #HumboldtCounty #TrinityCounty
#publicLands #NationalForest #nature #landscape #hiking #dayhike #travel #hike #outside blogpost