Black Mountain
Outdoor Adventures
Twilight Ridge Crew: Find Your Way With Map and Compass
Hike San Diego ridges at sunset with a map and compass, and learn to get yourself down safely after dark without a phone.
$125 per month
High Desert Guiding
About High Desert Guiding · Borrego Springs, California
Nadia Brandt guided in the Sierra for eight years before moving out to Borrego Springs, where the walking is harder to read and a great deal easier to get wrong. Heat, water and turning back on time are most of the skill; the rest is knowing which canyon still holds shade in August.
Groups are small and the pace is set by whoever is finding it hardest. Nobody is left behind and nobody is hurried, which makes for a slower day than the mileage suggests and is the reason people come back for the second one.
Known for
- Small groups, and the pace of the slowest walker
- Water, electrolytes and shade planned in rather than improvised
- A wilderness first responder on every walk
Hosted by High Desert Guiding
Borrego Springs
Farms, Food & Fun
Desert Fire Kitchen Crew: Cook Real Meals Over Open Fire
Build a good fire, manage the coals and cook proper food over it: seared cast iron, Dutch oven bread and a spit roast in the desert.
$270 per month
Borrego Springs
Outdoor Adventures
Desert Canyon School: Find Your Way Through Slot Canyons
Full days in Anza-Borrego's slot canyons learning to read desert ground, judge flash flood risk and lead your own traverse.
$270 per month
Torrey Pines
Outdoor Adventures
Sunrise Bluff Crew: Hike Torrey Pines at First Light
Walk the Torrey Pines bluffs at dawn before the crowds, learn the rare pines and cliffs, and work up to a six-mile rim loop.
$180 per month