With summer’s tourism season looming, mountain towns across California and the western United States are readying for the annual wave of visitors to public lands. Typically, the Inyo National Forest, ...
A lone backpacker heads toward a campsite at Silver Pass Lake, located along the John Muir Trail about 8 miles from Edison Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. MAREK WARSZAWSKI marekw@fresnobee.com U.S ...