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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks: Your Complete Hiking Guide

Autor Mike White
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 aug 2012
The southern High Sierra, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and the surrounding John Muir, Jennie Lakes, and Monarch Wildernesses, is one of the most magnificent natural areas in the world. Blessed with the largest trees on earth (giant sequoias), one of the deepest canyons in North America (Kings Canyon), and the highest mountain in the continental U.S. (Mt. Whitney), the greater Sequoia-Kings Canyon region offers unparalleled mountain majesty. Along with such superlatives, hundreds of miles of trail provides access to a boundless number of high mountain lakes, wildflower-covered meadows, cascading streams, deep forests, and craggy peaks. Mike White s guide is the only comprehensive guide to this portion of John Muir s Range of Light."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780899976723
ISBN-10: 0899976727
Pagini: 458
Ilustrații: Maps, Charts
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Wilderness Press

Notă biografică

Mike White learned to hike in the Cascade Mountains and honed his outdoor skills while obtaining a B.A. from Seattle Pacific University. After college, Mike and his wife, Robin, relocated to the high desert of Reno, Nevada, where he was drawn to the majesty of the Sierra Nevada.

In the early 1990s, Mike began writing about the outdoors, expanding the third edition of The Trinity Alps. His first solo publication for Wilderness Press was Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park. Fifteen more titles followed, including the Snowshoe Trails series, national park books for Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Lassen Volcanic, Backpacking Nevada, and Afoot &Afield Reno-Tahoe. Two of his books have won national awards, Top Trails Lake Tahoe and 50 Classic Hikes in Nevada (University of Nevada Press). Mike has also contributed to Sierra South, Sierra North, and Backpacking California. In addition to his book projects, Mike has written articles for Sunset, Backpacker, and the Reno Gazette Journal. He is also a contributor to the Pneuma Project blog. A former community college instructor, Mike is a featured speaker for outdoor groups.

Cuprins

Backpack Trip Features
Dayhike Trip Features
Preface
Introduction
Human History
Flora and Fauna
Geology
Climate
Traveling in the Backcountry
About This Guide
Generals Highway Road Log
Kings Canyon Highway Road Log

West Side Trips

Introduction to South Fork Kaweah River

SOUTH FORK KAWEAH RIVER TRAILHEAD

  1. Putnam and Snowslide Canyons
  2. Ladybug Camp and Cedar Creek
  3. Garfield-Hockett Trail to Garfield Grove and Hockett Lakes
  4. Introduction to Atwell Mill and Mineral King

    ATWELL MILL TRAILHEAD

  5. East Fork Grove
  6. Atwell-Hockett Trail to Hockett Plateau
  7. Paradise Peak
  8. MINERAL KING TRAILHEAD

  9. Cold Springs Trail
  10. Mosquito Lakes
  11. Eagle Lake
  12. White Chief Canyon
  13. Farewell Gap
  14. Franklin Lakes
  15. Franklin Pass and Sawtooth Pass Loop
  16. Crystal Lake
  17. Monarch Lakes
  18. Little Five and Big Five Lakes Loop
  19. Great Western Divide Loop
  20. Introduction to the Foothills

    POTWISHA TRAILHEAD

  21. Potwisha Pictographs Loop
  22. Marble Falls
  23. HOSPITAL ROCK TRAILHEAD

  24. Middle Fork Kaweah River: Hospital Rock to Potwisha
  25. Paradise Creek Trail
  26. Middle Fork Kaweah River: Hospital Rock to Panther Creek
  27. NORTH FORK TRAILHEAD

  28. North Fork Trail
  29. Colony Mill Road: North Fork to Colony Mill Ranger Station
  30. Introduction to the Giant Forest

    CRYSTAL CAVE ROAD TRAILHEAD

  31. Colony Mill Road: Crystal Cave Road to Colony Mill Ranger Station
  32. CRESCENT MEADOW TRAILHEAD

  33. Huckleberry Meadow Loop
  34. Bobcat Point Loop
  35. Crescent and Log Meadows Loop
  36. High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to Panther Creek
  37. Giant Forest East Loop
  38. Bearpaw Meadow, Hamilton Lakes, and Nine Lakes Basin
  39. High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal
  40. GIANT FOREST TRAILHEADS

  41. Moro Rock: Soldiers Trail and Moro Rock Loop
  42. Sunset Rock
  43. Big Trees Trail
  44. Hazelwood Nature Trail
  45. Trail of the Sequoias
  46. Circle Meadow Loop
  47. Congress Trail
  48. Introduction to Wolverton, Lodgepole, and Wuksachi

    WOLVERTON TRAILHEAD

  49. Mehrten and Alta Meadows
  50. Alta Peak
  51. Panther Gap Loop
  52. Lakes Trail to Heather, Aster, Emerald, and Pear Lakes
  53. LODGEPOLE TRAIHEAD

  54. Tokopah Falls
  55. Twin Lakes
  56. Kings-Kaweah Divide Loop
  57. WUKSACHI TRAILHEAD

  58. Wuksachi Trail
  59. Introduction to Dorst Creek

    DORST CREEK TRAILHEADS

  60. Little Baldy
  61. Muir Grove
  62. Lost Grove to Dorst Campground
  63. Cabin Creek Trail
  64. Introduction to Giant Sequoia National Monument and Jennie Lakes Wilderness

    STONY CREEK TRAILHEAD

  65. Stony Creek Trail to Jennie Lake
  66. BIG MEADOWS ROAD TRAILHEADS

  67. Jennie Lakes Loop
  68. Seville Lake
  69. Mitchell Peak
  70. KENNEDY MEADOW TRAILHEAD

  71. Evans Grove
  72. Introduction to Redwood Mountain

    GENERALS HIGHWAY TRAILHEADS

  73. Big Baldy
  74. Buena Vista Peak
  75. REDWOOD MOUNTAIN TRAILHEAD

  76. Redwood Mountain Grove: Hart Trail Loop
  77. Redwood Mountain Grove: Sugar Bowl Loop
  78. Introduction to Grant Grove

    GRANT GROVE TRAILHEADS

  79. Big Stump Grove
  80. Hitchcock Meadow
  81. Sunset Loop Trail
  82. Azalea and Manzanita Trails Loop
  83. North Grove Loop
  84. General Grant Tree Trail
  85. Park Ridge Lookout
  86. CONVERSE BASIN TRAILHEADS

  87. Chicago Stump
  88. Boole Tree
  89. Introduction to Cedar Grove

    DEER COVE TRAILHEAD

  90. Deer Cove Trail
  91. CEDAR GROVE TRAILHEADS

  92. East Kennedy Lake
  93. Don Cecil Trail to Lookout Peak
  94. Cedar Grove Overlook
  95. Hotel and Lewis Creeks Loop
  96. ROADS END TRAILHEADS

  97. Zumwalt Meadow Nature Trail
  98. River Trail
  99. Kanawyer Loop Trail
  100. Sphinx Creek
  101. Circle of Solitude: Great Western and Kings-Kern Divides Loop
  102. East Lake and Lake Reflection
  103. Charlotte Lake
  104. Mist Falls
  105. Rae Lakes Loop
  106. Copper Creek Trail to Granite Basin
  107. State and Horseshoe Lakes
  108. Introduction to John Muir Wilderness: West Side

    CROWN VALLEY TRAILHEAD

  109. Middle Fork Kings River
  110. COURTRIGHT RESERVOIR TRAILHEAD

  111. Red Mountain Basin
  112. FLORENCE LAKE TRAILHEAD

  113. Blayney Hot Springs, Goddard Canyon, and Martha Lake
  114. East Side Trips

    Introduction to the Mount Whitney Ranger District

    HORSESHOE MEADOW TRAILHEAD

  115. Chicken Spring Lake
  116. Cottonwood Pass and New Army Pass Loop
  117. COTTONWOOD LAKES TRAILHEAD

  118. New Army Pass Trail
  119. Cottonwood Lakes
  120. Soldier Lakes and Rock Creek
  121. Cottonwood Lakes to Whitney Portal
  122. WHITNEY PORTAL TRAILHEAD

  123. Mount Whitney
  124. Meysan Trail
  125. John Muir Trail: Whitney Portal to Onion Valley
  126. SYMMES CREEK TRAILHEAD

  127. Shepherd Pass Trail
  128. ONION VALLEY TRAILHEAD

  129. Robinson Lake
  130. Kearsarge and Bullfrog Lakes
  131. Charlotte Lake and Rae Lakes Basin
  132. Trans-Sierra Trek: Onion Valley to Cedar Grove
  133. John Muir Trail: Onion Valley to South Lake
  134. Golden Trout Lakes
  135. OAK CREEK TRAILHEAD

  136. Baxter Pass Trail
  137. SAWMILL CREEK TRAILHEAD

  138. Sawmill Pass Trail
  139. Introduction to the White Mountain Ranger District

    TABOOSE CREEK TRAILHEAD

  140. Taboose Pass Trail
  141. RED CREEK TRAILHEAD

  142. Red Lake
  143. BIRCH CREEK TRAILHEAD

  144. Birch Lake
  145. BIG PINE CREEK TRAILHEAD

  146. Brainerd and Finger Lakes
  147. Big Pine Lakes
  148. SOUTH LAKE TRAILHEAD

  149. Long, Saddlerock, and Bishop Lakes
  150. Dusy Basin and Le Conte Canyon
  151. John Muir Trail: South Lake to North Lake
  152. Chocolate Lakes Loop
  153. Treasure Lakes
  154. Tyee Lakes
  155. LAKE SABRINA TRAILHEAD

  156. Sabrina Basin
  157. George Lake
  158. NORTH LAKE TRAILHEAD

  159. Lamarck Lakes
  160. Evolution Basin via Lamarck Col
  161. Piute Pass Trail to Humphreys Basin and Piute Canyon

Appendices

I Highest Peaks and Largest Sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
II Contact Information
Suggested Reading
Index
About the Author

Descriere

The southern High Sierra, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and the surrounding John Muir, Jennie Lakes, and Monarch Wildernesses, is one of the most magnificent natural areas in the world. Blessed with the largest trees on earth (giant sequoias), one of the deepest canyons in North America (Kings Canyon), and the highest mountain in the continental U.S. (Mt. Whitney), the greater Sequoia-Kings Canyon region offers unparalleled mountain majesty. Along with such superlatives, hundreds of miles of trail provides access to a boundless number of high mountain lakes, wildflower-covered meadows, cascading streams, deep forests, and craggy peaks. Mike White’s guide is the only comprehensive guide to this portion of John Muir’s Range of Light.