A compendium of the best California adventures with 62 trips by 17 Wilderness Press authors. Trips range from one night to two weeks in the Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Warner Mountains. Helpful tips reveal the authors' extensive backpacking expertise. Includes complete trip descriptions, trail maps, mileage, and difficulty levels.

Acknowledgments

viii

Foreword

x

Introduction

1

(3)

How To Use This Book

4

(6)

Bears & Other Hazards

10

(6)

Backpacking Tips from the Experts

16

(7)

Backpacking Western California: the Peninsular, Transverse, and Coast Ranges, from South to North

The Peninsular Ranges

23

(4)

Horsethief Canyon

27

(4)

Jerry Schad

Noble Canyon Trail

31

(4)

Jerry Schad

San Mateo Canyon

35

(4)

Jerry Schad

San Jacinto Peak

39

(4)

Jerry Schad

The Great San Jacinto Traverse

43

(14)

Ben Schifrin

The Transverse Ranges

San Gorgonio Mountain

57

(5)

Jerry Schad

The San Bernardino Mountain Traverse

62

(5)

Jerry Schad

The Angeles Crest-Inspiration Point to Cloudburst Summit via the PCT

67

(6)

Ben Schifrin

Big Santa Anita Loop (Mt. Zion Loop)

73

(4)

Jerry Schad

Devils Canyon

77

(4)

Jerry Schad

East Fork San Gabriel River

81

(6)

Jerry Schad

The Coast Ranges I: The Ventana Wilderness

84

(3)

Chews Ridge---China Camp to Los Padres Dam via Pine Valley

87

(8)

Jeffrey Van Middlebrook

The Coast Ranges II: Henry W. Coe State Park

93

(2)

Poverty Flat & Los Cruzeros or Lost Spring from Coe Park Headquarters

95

(8)

Jean Rusmore

Betsy Crowder

Redfern Pond from Hunting Hollow

103

(7)

Jean Rusmore

Betsy Crowder

Long Ridge Open Space Preserve to Portola Redwoods and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks

110

(7)

Jean Rusmore

Betsy Crowder

Ohlone Wilderness Regional Trail--Sunol to Del Valle

117

(10)

David Weintraub

Sky & Coast Camps Loop from Bear Valley

127

(10)

Dorothy Whitnah

The Coast Ranges III: The Klamath Mountains & the Lost Coast

133

(4)

The Lost Coast Trail, from Orchard Camp to Usal Camp

137

(6)

Matt Heid

Canyon Creek Lakes & L Lake

143

(8)

Michael White

Tangle Blue Creek & Lake

151

(6)

Michael White

Marble Rim from Lovers Camp via Sky High Lakes Basin

157

(9)

Matt Heid

Backpacking Eastern California: the Sierra Nevada (including Lake Tahoe), Cascade Range, and Warner Mountains, from South to North

The Southern Sierra Nevada: Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks

161

(5)

Mineral King to Little Five Lakes

166

(9)

Kathy Morey

Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal via the High Sierra Trail

175

(15)

Kathy Morey

Lodgepole Campground to Deadman Canyon

190

(11)

Kathy Morey

Jennie Lakes Wilderness

201

(5)

Ruby Johnson Jenkins

Hockett Meadows & Little Kern River

206

(9)

Ruby Johnson Jenkins

Cottonwood Lakes to Upper Rock Creek

215

(7)

Kathy Morey

Horseshoe Meadow to Whitney Portal

222

(6)

Kathy Morey

Onion Valley to Symmes Creek

228

(9)

Kathy Morey

Courtright Reservoir to Rae Lake

237

(6)

Jason Winnett

North Fork Big Pine Creek

243

(6)

Andy Selters

Lake Sabrina to Midnight Lake

249

(5)

Jason Winnett

South Lake to North Lake

254

(13)

Kathy Morey

North Lake to Humphreys Basin

267

(6)

Kathy Morey

Mosquito Flat to Pioneer Basin

273

(6)

Kathy Morey

Lake George to Deer Lakes

279

(6)

Kathy Morey

Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake

285

(6)

Kathy Morey

Agnew Meadows to Ediza Lake

291

(8)

Ron Felzer

The Central Sierra Nevada: Yosemite National Park

296

(3)

Lillian Lake Loop

299

(8)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Happy Isles to Merced Lake

307

(9)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

High Sierra Camps Loop

316

(13)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne

329

(11)

Jason Winnett

Tuolumne Meadows to Happy Isles via John Muir Trail

340

(9)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Tuolumne Meadows to Nelson Lake

349

(4)

Thomas Winnett

Tuolumne Meadows to Emeric Lake

353

(6)

Thomas Winnett

Tuolumne Meadows to Agnew Meadows

359

(10)

Kathy Morey

20 Lakes Basin Loop

369

(6)

Kathy Morey

Virginia Lakes to Green Creek

375

(6)

Kathy Morey

Peeler Lake

381

(5)

Thomas Winnett

Kerrick Canyon & Matterhorn Canyon Semi-loop via Barney & Peeler Lakes

386

(13)

Ben Schifrin

Burst Rock Trail & Crabtree Trail Loop

399

(13)

Ben Schifrin

The Northern Sierra Nevada: Lake Tahoe

407

(5)

Ebbetts Pass to Carson Pass via PCT

412

(9)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Twin Bridges to the Desolation Valley Basin

421

(6)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Glen Alpine to Half Moon Lake

427

(4)

Kathy Morey

Bayview Campground to Eagle Falls Picnic Area

431

(8)

Kathy Morey

Meeks Bay to Emerald Bay

439

(6)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Little Jamison Canyon to Grass, Rock, Jamison, & Wades Lakes

445

(10)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

The Cascade Range: Lassen Volcanic National Park & Mt. Shasta

451

(4)

Summit-Twin-Horseshoe-Snag Lakes Loop

455

(8)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Central Caribou Loop

463

(8)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

The Mt. Shasta Treeline Circumnavigation

471

(8)

Michael Zanger

The Warner Mountains

476

(3)

Pine Creek Trail to Patterson Lake

479

(6)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

The Summit Trail, from Pepperdine Trailhead south to Patterson Lake

485

(4)

Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Appendix 1: The Backpacks--at a Glance

489

(3)

Appendix 2: Author Bio & Bib

492

(8)

Index

500

(9)

Index of Trails

509

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