Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
A Guide to the Parks' Greatest Hiking Adventures
4. Auflage
Erschienen am 1. Juli 2022
352 Seiten
978-1-4930-6282-9 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, situated in California's rugged Sierra Nevada, boast some of the most spectacular landscapes on the continent: towering groves of giant sequoia trees, crystalline trout rivers, jagged peaks and alpine meadows, and Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower 48.
Discover over 80 of the best hikes in the parks, from easy day hikes to challenging backpacking trips, accompanied by colorful photos and trail maps. Fully updated and revised, this book is a personal guide to the wonders of the California Sierra.
Discover over 80 of the best hikes in the parks, from easy day hikes to challenging backpacking trips, accompanied by colorful photos and trail maps. Fully updated and revised, this book is a personal guide to the wonders of the California Sierra.
Weitere Details
Auflage
4th Edition
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Globe Pequot Press
Dateigröße
88,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6282-9 (9781493062829)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Laurel Scheidt, born and raised in the central San Joaquin Valley, considers the Sierra Nevada her home away from home. She has traveled many of the trails on both sides of the mountain range, from Lake Tahoe to Lake Isabella, and is a member of the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. After living most of her life in Fresno, she now resides in Modesto, California, with her husband, Scott.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Using This Guidebook
- Make It a Safe Trip
- Trail Finder
- Author's Favorite Hikes
- Map Legend
- Hikes in the Foothills
- 1 Lower Colony Mill Trail
- 2 North Fork Trail
- 3 Marble Falls
- 4 Paradise Creek
- 5 Middle Fork Trail
- Hikes in the Giant Forest
- 6 Upper Colony Mill Trail
- 7 Sunset Rock
- 8 Moro Rock and Hanging Rock
- 9 Sugar Pine Trail
- 10 Crescent and Log Meadows
- 11 Big Trees Trail
- 12 Huckleberry Trail
- 13 Congress Trail
- 14 Trail of the Sequoias
- 15 Circle Meadow
- Hikes in the Central High Sierra
- 16 High Sierra Trail to Bearpaw Meadow
- 17 Hamilton Lakes
- 18 Nine Lake Basin
- 19 Big Arroyo
- 20 Redwood Meadow
- 21 Pinto Lake
- 22 Little Five Lakes
- Hikes in the Lodgepole and Dorst Areas
- 23 Lakes Trail
- 24 Alta Peak
- 25 Alta Meadow
- 26 Long Meadow Trail
- 27 Tokopah Falls
- 28 Twin Lakes Trail
- 29 Little Baldy
- 30 Muir Grove
- Hikes in the Grant Grove Area
- 31 Big Stump Loop
- 32 Hitchcock Meadow Trail
- 33 South Boundary Trail
- 34 Manzanita and Azalea Trails
- 35 General Grant Loop
- 36 Sunset Trail
- 37 North Grove and Dead Giant Loops
- 38 North Boundary and Lone Pine Trails
- 39 Park Ridge Trail
- Hikes in the Redwood Canyon Area
- 40 Hart Tree Trail
- 41 Sugarbowl Trail
- 42 Redwood Canyon Trail
- 43 Buena Vista Peak
- 44 Big Baldy Ridge
- Hikes in the Cedar Grove and Monarch Divide Areas
- 45 Deer Cove Trail to Grizzly Lakes
- 46 Lewis Creek Trail
- 47 Don Cecil Trail
- 48 Hotel Creek Trail
- 49 Roaring River Falls to Zumwalt Meadow
- 50 Road's End to the Bailey Bridge
- 51 Junction Meadow
- 52 Vidette Meadow
- 53 Upper Bubbs Creek
- 54 Copper Creek Trail
- 55 Paradise Valley
- 56 Rae Lakes Loop
- Hikes in the Mineral King and South Fork Areas
- 57 Paradise Peak
- 58 Atwell-Hockett Trail to Hockett Meadows
- 59 Evelyn Lake and Cahoon Rock
- 60 Cold Springs Nature Trail
- 61 Timber Gap
- 62 Crystal Lakes
- 63 Monarch Lakes
- 64 Black Wolf Falls
- 65 Franklin Lakes
- 66 Farewell Gap
- 67 White Chief Bowl
- 68 Eagle Lake
- 69 Mosquito Lakes
- 70 Ladybug Camp and Whisky Log Camp
- 71 Garfield Grove
- Hikes in and near the Jennie Lakes Wilderness
- 72 Weaver Lake
- 73 Jennie Lake
- 74 Deer Meadow
- 75 Mitchell Peak
- 76 Lookout Peak
- Hikes in the Sugarloaf Valley and Mount Silliman Area
- 77 Roaring River
- 78 Seville Lake
- 79 Lost Lake
- 80 Ranger and Beville Lakes
- Hikes in Northern and Eastern Kings Canyon and Eastern Sequoia
- 81 Goddard Canyon
- 82 Evolution Valley
- 83 Dusy Basin
- 84 Onion Valley to Kearsarge Lakes
- 85 Charlotte Lake
- 86 Mount Whitney
- Appendix A: For More Information
- Appendix B: Sources and Further Reading
- Appendix C: Hiker's Checklist
- Hike Index
- About the Author
