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Berryessa Snow Mountain Superbloom?

Posted on May 28, 2023, 11:00 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
The April trip to Japan and its aftermath made me miss the California wildflower season, which due to the winter’s abundant rains, was a super bloom. In early May, figuring out that Southern California would be long past peak, I went on pursuit of wildflowers in Northern California. The northern part of the state doesn’t […]
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Snow Mountain: Where is it? Is there snow?

Posted on May 28, 2018, 8:29 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
North of highway 20, the character of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument changes. Elevations rise, conifer forest dominate, and roads are all unpaved. Snow Mountain, the highest point in the monument, offered an unexpected adventure that reminded me of higher and further mountain ranges. Getting to the trailhead is half the adventure Berryessa Snow Mountain […]
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Berryessa Snow Mountain: Northern California’s Mysterious New National Monument

Posted on May 21, 2018, 11:31 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument was established in 2015 to protect more than a hundred miles at the heart of North California’s Inner Coast Range. Although its southern tip is located only one hour from the San Francisco Bay Area, for most people, Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is more mysterious than the Sierra Nevada. […]
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