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	<title>Northern California Hiking Trails &#187; Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails</title>
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	<description>Day Hikes/Backpacking: Bay Area &#124; Coast &#124; Redwoods &#124; Sierra Nevada &#124; Desolation Wilderness &#124; Lake Tahoe &#124; Lassen Park &#124; Mount Shasta &#124; Trinity Alps &#124; State Parks &#124; National Parks &#124; National Forests &#124;</description>
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		<title>See the Lunar Eclipse Saturday Morning, December 10, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey folks&#8211; catch this if you can! It&#8217;s the last lunar eclipse until 2014 and it&#8217;s visible from all of western North America. (More details here.) It begins around 4:45 a.m. By 6:05 a.m. the moon will be fully eclipsed. Around sunrise it will still be fully eclipsed as it sets on the western horizon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Fellow Hiking Guide Writer Jane Huber with the New Edition of Her Book</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/11/17/hiking-guide-writer-jane-huber-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[60 Hikes withing 60 miles of San Francisco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Huber, author of the excellent 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Francisco, is doing a third edition of the book and she wants your help. Go this post on her blog for all the details, but basically, she&#8217;d like you to hike one or more of the trails and then give her feedback on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Entrance to National Parks November 11-13, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yosemite]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the last weekend of the year for free admission to national parks, so take advantage of it. You can find all the details here. And we need more golden retriever in national parks, like these lucky dogs in Yosemite (courtesy National Park Service): Related Posts:No National Parks Admission Fee April 17-25Free Admission to California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Guide Writer Jerry Schad Dies</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/09/27/hiking-guide-writer-jerry-schad-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow hiking blogger Ray Anderson just let me know that San Diego hiking guide writer Jerry Schad recently passed away. There&#8217;s a beautiful obituary here: Mr. Schad, a former East County resident, was the author of 16 books, including “Afoot &#38; Afield in San Diego County,” widely considered the bible of local hiking. He also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River with Gambolin&#8217; Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Fork]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River country is often not easy. Yes there are trails, but many of the best canyon sections and swimming holes aren&#8217;t accessible to the casual hiker. Enter Gambolin&#8217; Man. His latest post takes you to many of out-of-the-way destinations, and he has the pictures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backpacking and Hiking Class at College of the Siskiyous This Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Unkefer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For you folks that live in the far north state, this is a great class. It&#8217;s taught by my friend Charlie Unkefer, and it begins at College of the Siskiyous on August 24th, 2011. Here&#8217;s the press release: Take the next step outdoors with College of the Siskiyous new Backpacking and Hiking class starting this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoors Writer Paul McHugh&#8217;s Intriguing Presentation In Mount Shasta</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/07/13/outdoors-writer-paul-mchughs-intriguing-presentation-in-mount-shasta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoor stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quite risky to a bit risque]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Quite Risky to a Bit Risque: Outdoors Stories I Could Never Write&#8221; by Paul McHugh, a well-known former writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Sounds very interesting! It&#8217;s goin&#8217; down on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Mount Shasta Resort at 7:30 p.m. It&#8217;s a benefit for the Siskiyou Land Trust.  (I&#8217;m a member.) It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Suggestions for Middle-Elevation Hikes in Northern California&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/06/01/suggestions-middle-elevation-hikes-northern-california/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/06/01/suggestions-middle-elevation-hikes-northern-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[middle-elevation hikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow pack]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Stephanie and I are back from a fantastic trip to southern Utah. Yes, the same weather that dowsed y&#8217;all here in northern California made its way east to harass us, but for the most part we were able to dodge and weave and still do a lot of great hiking. I have several hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Pack Survey Results for Northern California — May 2011</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/05/05/snow-pack-survey-results-for-northern-california-%e2%80%94-may-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/05/05/snow-pack-survey-results-for-northern-california-%e2%80%94-may-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Klamath National Forest Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salmon/Scott River Ranger District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow pack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Things are looking real BAD for high-mountain hiking and backpacking this summer in northern California, at least if the latest snow survey results on the Klamath National Forest and all of northern California are any indication. I wrote when we can hike near Mount Shasta and in Lassen Volcanic National Park a couple of months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feather Falls Trail Closed</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/03/14/feather-falls-trail-closed/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2011/03/14/feather-falls-trail-closed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plumas National Forest Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feather falls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plumas National Forest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I give a full description of the Feather Falls hike here, and spring and early summer are the most popular times to walk the trail to the stunning waterfall. However, the trail is now closed. Here are the details from a press release: Feather Falls Trail Emergency Closure Release Date: Mar 10, 2011 Plumas National [...]]]></description>
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