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Big Bear Lake, where the wild things are confused and the roads are worse

By Amber Woods on Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Big Bear Lake—now with more potholes, dog poop, and bald eagle paparazzi: A guide to Big Bear Lake tourism for those who want to get away from the other tourists. Welcome to Big Bear Lake, California — where nature meets neglect, and adventure is just a broken sled away. Wintertime? Magical. Fresh snowfall. Jeffrey pines …

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Thai Chicken Salad with Konjac Noodles & Peanut Ginger sauce

By Amber Woods on Friday, June 6, 2025

I spent my birthday eve morning trekking up the Mt Whitney Trail foraging for wild berries for breakfast. The pup and I snacked on wild elderberries, chock full of vitamin C. I noshed on some Mountain Gooseberries and shoved some ripe currants at my face as I dreamt about the best scones I’ve ever had …

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Don’t Feed the Bears (or Your Ego): A Guide to Not Camping Like a Jerk

By Amber Woods on Tuesday, June 3, 2025

I can’t believe I’m typing this because camping, come on, bro, you don’t need a master’s degree to set up a tent! But it seems like most campers I meet are very unintelligent. That’s just my professional opinion, one week into a four-week-long camping trip. The big thing that stands out in my mind about …

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Sweet, Spicy, and Keto: Sriracha Bacon Jerky You’ll Hoard

By Amber Woods on Saturday, May 31, 2025

There is no better breakfast snack while out for a fifteen-mile morning hike than Keto Sriracha Jerky. You may not be able to enjoy bacon and eggs on the trail at over nine thousand feet. However, you can have a tasty and spicy bacon snack from a ziplock bag. Does cold bacon at nine a.m. …

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Massage, Mud, and Mountains: Spa-Hopping Tahoe to Carson

By Amber Woods on Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Late August 2024. We were two weeks into our four-month-long summer vacation. So far, I had climbed Mt Whitney in a single day. I had also hiked over two hundred miles in thirty days. If anyone deserves an afternoon at a Carson Valley day spa, it was this sweaty hiker! Late summer of 2024 gave …

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Amber Wood
Amber Wood

Hi y’all! I’m Amber, Big Bear’s local Hungry Mountaineer hiking nature guide. I grew up here in the San Bernardino National Forest and I have basically been out exploring hiking trails and enjoying the wilderness as long as I could walk. I have had some amazing adventures out here in the gorgeous San Bernardino Mountains over the years. As a hiking guide who is passionate about the wilderness, I love to share my knowledge of our vast trail system with vacationers who also love the great outdoors. Looking to book a hiking excursion? Email me at Hungrymountaineer@gmail.com for the best locals-only hikes available in this mountain wilderness. I am passionate about finding my balance in life – healthy living, great food, outdoor fitness, traveling adventures, working hard and my unbridled love for racehorses and naturally, gambling. When I’m not exploring news trails or betting on the ponies you can find me either coming up with healthy new recipes or blogging about the adventures my trail pup and I had in the wilderness this week. I have spent most of my life exploring what these mountains have to offer and locals would call me an expert. I know the best hiking and biking trails in these mountains and I have chronicled most of my hikes and adventures in my blog on this website. Please get in touch is you have any questions.

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