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Keto Venison Chili with Adobe Chipotles

By Amber Wood on Sunday, March 30, 2025

Ah, spicy chili. That hearty, comforting dish we all love to devour on a snowy winter’s day. After a snowy day spent out in  the forest trails snowshoeing with your adventure dog, you may be ready for some hearty chili by the evening. But if you’re anything like me, you might love chili, but chili …

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Baja Style Tuna Salad

By Amber Wood on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

A tuna salad lunch may not be what you are imagining when it’s late fall, all the leaves have left the deciduous trees and it’s a cold and chilly day in the mountains of southern California. But if you are journeying on a Baja California road trip this can be the perfect picnic snack! Pull …

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Kerala Style Goat Meatball Curry

By Amber Wood on Saturday, March 22, 2025

Here it is January 2025 and who can afford to buy steak, chicken or eggs, especially here in California? Our groceries are at an all-time high here in Southern California. Luckily you can create this easy South Indian Curry with simple inexpensive ingredients like ground goat, spices, potatoes and onions. Our family has taken to …

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I Survived a Global Pandemic!

By Amber Wood on Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Whoever thought that a global pandemic like the plague or Scarlet fever would be a thing we would live through in our lifetimes? Well, whoever thought Donald Trump would be president? Twice. Some days here in 2025 it feels like we are just surviving through a Stephen King movie. I mean, seriously, drones the size …

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Bulgogi Korean Lettuce Wraps

By Amber Wood on Monday, March 17, 2025

Have you ever wondered how to make the perfect lettuce wrap (Without Losing Your Sanity?) How do I personally keep some zen in my life during these stressful times we are living through? I snowshoe through an alpine winter wonderland every day with my adventure dog. Then, I come home to my mountain kitchen cabin …

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Amber Woodyard
Amber Woodyard

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 [email protected] 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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