A list of exceptional California-related mountain adventure blogs/websites

Trip reports- they are many of our primary sources of inspiration to explore new areas. Without trip reports from others, we would not be able to see anywhere near the amount of unique places which we do experience. The purpose of this page is to commemorate a number or exceptional and well written blogs/sites devoted to mountain adventures in California which are focused to do just that. I have personally gained much useful and important beta from all of these sites. The sites listed below are NOT listed in any particular order. If anyone reading this knows a site which is not on this list, but should go on it, feel free to contact me.

My criteria for an exceptional mountain adventure site are:

1. Enjoyable and informative: Reports are written in a manner that they are informative and enjoyable to read.

2. Adventure focused: The site is focused primarily on mountain sports (e.g. hiking, climbing, mountaineering, skiing). Sites which pitch themselves as mountain-related but focus more on other topics such as gear reviews do not fulfill this criterion.

3. Innovative exploration: The site demonstrates a clear interest in exploring remote places off the beaten path. Many are places that few (if any) had heard of, are not posted anywhere else online, involve off-trail travel, and require sophisticated navigation and/or physical effort. Several mainstream California hiking sites do not make it onto the list because of this criterion. Every living visitor to the Sierra Nevada has heard of Mt. Whitney and Half Dome, but there are in fact over SEVEN THOUSAND mountains in the Sierra. Examples of sites that do not fulfill this criterion are:
 
-A Southern California site which primarily focuses on places such as: Mt. Baldy, Iron Mountain, San Gorgonio, Santiago Peak, 3 T's, Cactus to Clouds, etc

-A San Diego site which primarily focuses on places such as: Mission Trails, Torrey Pines, Iron Mountain, Mt. Woodson, etc

-A Sierra Nevada site which primarily focuses on places such as: Mt. Whitney (main trail), Half Dome (cables route), popular Yosemite Valley trails, etc

and without further ado, the list:

site	primary activities	primary CA location(s)
Bob Burd's Trip Reports	hiking, mountaineering	all California
Climber.org: California Peaks	hiking, climbing, mountaineering	all California
Mountain Hiker	hiking	central coast ranges, northern Sierra
Iron Hiker	hiking	Southern California
David Stillman	hiking, canyon exploration	Southern Caliornia
Steve Hall's Death Valley Adventures	hiking, canyon exploration	Death Valley
Vividrea1ity	climbing, mountaineering	all California
Dr. Dirtbag	hiking, climbing, mountaineering	all California
Leor Pantilat's Adventures	trail running, hiking	central coast ranges, occasional Sierra
Tom Grundy's Travels	hiking, climbing, mountaineering	Sierra Nevada, Bishop area
Patrick ONeill's Hiking Blog	hiking	Southern California
Cohp.org: California	hiking (county highpointing)	all California
Wild Southland	hiking	Southern California