There's a park hidden in the redwoods near the coast that is a perfect example of why the Bay Area is the greatest metropolitan area in North America for people who love the outdoors. It is called ...

Last spring, when Ritchey introduced a top-tier 1-piece carbon Superlogic Butano Ridge cockpit, I thought it looked nice & sleek. But frankly, I’m often put off by the lack of adjustability of ...

Work has begun on the Butano State Park Forest Health Project, a collaborative effort to reduce fuels and improve the park’s health and biodiversity. California State Parks, the San Mateo Resource ...

From an abandoned dirt airstrip set atop a ridge in remote San Mateo County, you can look down across a sea of redwoods that fill a canyon, and beyond to the Pacific Ocean. From this perch, you can ...

It’s not as famous as Big Basin Redwoods State Park, its hallowed neighbor to the south. It doesn’t draw nearly as many visitors or feature as many ancient redwoods. But Butano State Park, a ...

Relics of the past, a single stand of rare cypress trees once grew atop a small slab of sandstone on a remote, rugged ridge along the San Mateo County coast. They were alone in the world. And then ...