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Wilderness Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Explore the southern High Sierra with this comprehensive guide to 122 of the area's best hikes.
Home to the world's largest trees, one of North America's deepest canyons, and the tallest mountain in the continental United States, the greater Sequoia-Kings Canyon region offers unparalleled mountain majesty. Hundreds of miles of trails provide access to boundless wildflower-covered meadows, cascading streams, alpine lakes, deep forests,
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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...
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Ever since the Wild West days of Kit Carson and the Comstock Lode, visitors have been drawn to Reno-Tahoe in search of adventure. Today, the best adventures are found outdoors, where hikers can take lakeside strolls, mountain ascents, or simple walks with dogs and kids. Afoot & Afield: Reno-Tahoe, by local author Mike White, features more than 175 trips in a diverse range of terrain around Lake Tahoe and the communities of Reno, Sparks, Carson City,...
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At last there is a definitive guidebook for the magnificent and beautifully mysterious hikers' paradise known as the Redwood Coast of Northern California. In this new title in the Top Trails series, veteran outdoors author Mike White leads day-trippers and backpackers into some of the most awe-inspiring terrain on earth. Step-by-step in his trail-worn boots, the author created a menu of 57 diverse routes, from a gentle half-mile morning loop to a...
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This title in Wilderness Press's successful Afoot & Afield series is the most comprehensive outdoor guide to the vast backcountry surrounding Reno and Lake Tahoe. This guide features more than 150 trips in the Reno and Lake Tahoe region, including Graeagle, Truckee, Echo Summit, Mt. Rose, and Carson Valley. Trips range from easy strolls to challenging treks and include distance, time, elevation gain, difficulty, and trail notes.
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and the surrounding region are home to superlative natural wonders: the world's largest trees, one of the deepest gorges in North America, and the highest peak in the lower 48. Veteran author Mike White has selected the best 50 trips in these parks, ranging in length from a half-mile stroll among the Potwisha Pictographs to a 21-mile trek to visit Charlotte Lake in the heart of the Kings Canyon backcountry....
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Top Trails Lake Tahoe explores the best trails for hiking and biking in the Tahoe area. The guide features the best hikes including the north side's splendid backcountry, the lake's sedate western side, the picturesque and popular areas south of the lake, including Desolation Wilderness, and D. L. Bliss and Emerald Bay state parks and the relatively undeveloped eastern side. Several hikes follow sections of the Tahoe Rim Trail and Pacific Crest Trail....
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Wilderness Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Discover the remote ranges of northwestern California
You seek more than just another ho-hum hike. You want rugged wilderness and solitude-a place to push harder and go farther. You crave adventure! The Trinity Alps are a remote, little-explored divide tucked between the Coast Ranges and the Cascades in a half-million acres of backcountry. Grab this comprehensive guide to 600 miles of trails and cross-country routes. Hike to high waterfalls, backpack...
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