Discover a rugged landscape of jagged stone rocks rising up out of a sea of wildflowers. Stand in the rays of sunlight filtering into caves created by falling boulders crashing into stone canyons.

Shivering through the night in a blanket-stuffed sleeping bag while wearing a puffy jacket, down booties and a borrowed beanie and gloves wasn’t on my outdoors bingo card for the year. But that’s ...

California's landscapes are so diverse that it has almost everything you want to see — from the dramatic cliffs along the Big Sur and the stark beauty of Death Valley to the mighty Sierra Nevada and ...