Autumn in the San Bernardino foothills is not a single event. It unfolds in stages from early October through late December, and each stage changes what you'll find on the trail. The oak colour gets the most attention, but the shift in temperature, the drop in creek levels, and the change in light are just as significant for anyone planning a multi-day hiking trip in the area. Read more →
The Ridgeline Traverse is the trail guests either plan their whole trip around or discover on day two and wish they'd done on day one. It's fourteen miles out and back, gains about 2,400 feet from the lodge, and takes most fit hikers between six and eight hours. This is a straightforward account of what the trail is actually like.
The gear lending closet at Wild Meadow Trail started with two trekking poles a guest left behind in 2009. It now fills a full closet off the front hallway. The items in it are the things guests most often forget, underestimate, or decide not to pack because they didn't think they'd need them. Most of the time, they do.
Dry Creek Canyon is the most visually distinctive trail on the Wild Meadow Trail property. It follows a creek bed into a narrow sandstone canyon for four miles one-way, with two creek crossings that range from ankle-deep in late summer to knee-deep after autumn rains. It's also the trail that requires the most attention to current conditions before you start.
Most guests at Wild Meadow Trail book two or three nights. A few book one night and extend mid-stay when they realise they haven't done the canyon yet. Planning a multi-day hiking trip is different from planning a single day hike, and the most common mistake is doing the hardest trail first.
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