Dina Mishev

1 week ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Dina Mishev

The vert gained when hiking the Cactus to Clouds Trail in Palm Springs, California, is about equal to climbing the Grand Teton one and a half times — 11,000 feet. It’s also about equal to the vert from Everest Base Camp to that peak’s summit (on the Nepalese side). Or about climbing 1,000 flights of stairs. And it is one of my most favorite hikes in the world. There are many reasons I love this trail, which Backpacker magazine once named the fifth-most difficult day hike in the United States.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Dina Mishev

The steep trail near the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was covered in inches of spongy fallen needles and peppered with ankle-twisting pine cones. It was also shady, which felt remarkable after the first seven miles of the grueling Cactus to Clouds hike offered little more than a brittlebush leaf’s worth of relief. I had already hiked up 7,549 vertical feet and still had about 3,000 to go to the top of Mount San Jacinto, a granite crag towering just west of Palm Springs, California.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Dina Mishev

Whether you’re already a tennis player, a pickleball player who has become tennis curious or someone who’s never picked up a racquet and is interested in trying something new, the Teton County Community Tennis Association and Teton County Parks and Recreation Department have events and opportunities this spring and summer to scratch the itch.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Dina Mishev

Spring skiing is amazing — T-shirts, corn snow and aprés in flip flops. My husband, Derek, tells me that last week was one of the best spring skiing weeks at the King in several years. I have to take Derek’s report about this, rather than rely on my personal experience because this year my body and mind are thinking more about hiking.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dina Mishev |Max Whittaker

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Cactus to Clouds, on Mount San Jacinto near Palm Springs, Calif., has been rated the fifth-hardest day hike in America. Credit...