The Secret Sierra

by Gilligan, David

• ISBN13: 9781893343016
• ISBN10: 1893343014
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-31
• Publisher: Spotted Dog Pr

Author Biography

David Gilligan has made the natural history of the Alpine Sierra Nevada his life+s study. A graduate of Prescott College in natural history and ecology, where he now lectures, David has worked with several organizations as teacher and naturalist, focusing on programs and curriculum in forest, stream and intertidal ecology, environmental awareness, nature philosophy, and natural history. He has traveled extensively through the Sierra Nevada backcountry on trips of a hundred days in length by foot, ski, and snowshoe. Integrating his skills as an observer with his education as a scientist, he has studied and practiced primitive and pioneer skills such as fire making, shelter building, edible and medicinal uses of wild plants and animals. When David is not teaching natural history, ecology, and landscape geography, he is in the field studying the alpine zone of the Sierra Nevada.

Table of Contents

A Place of Inspiration	13	(4)
Edmund Benti
Introduction	17	(5)
Andy Zdon
Using This Guide	22	(3)
Preparing for the Desert	25	(11)
The Mono Peaks	36	(29)
Sweetwater Mountains
Bodie Hills
Mono Craters
Benton Range
The White, Inyo, Coso and Argus Ranges	65	(55)
White Mountains
Cowhorn Mountains
Inyo Mountains
Nelson Range
Coso Range
Argus Range
Slate Range
The Death Valley Country	120	(113)
The Front Tier Peaks	124	(25)
Rand Mountains
El Paso Mountains
Lava Mountains
Turquoise Hills
Avawatz Mountains
Kingston Range
Mesquite Mountains
Clark Mountains
Death Valley National Park and Environs	149	(62)
Saline Range
Last Chance Range
Cottonwood Mountains
Panamint range
Grapevine Mountains
Funeral Mountains
Black Mountains
Greenwater Range
Ibex Hills
Resting Spring Range
Nopah Range
Tonopah to Beatty	211	(22)
Excelsior Mountains
Isolated Peaks North of Tonopah Silver Peak Range
Montezuma Range
Sylvania Mountains
Gold Point Area
Bullfrog Hills
Bare Mountain Area
Southern Nevada	233	(52)
Spring Mountains
Sheep Range
Las Vegas Range
Mormon Mountains
Virgin Mountains
Gold Butte Area
Muddy Mountains
Black Mountains
River Mountains
Frenchman Mountains
McCullough Range
New York Mountains
Highland Spring Range
El Dorado Mountains
Newberry Mountains
Mojave National Preserve Area	285	(53)
Peaks Accessible From Interstate 15	288	(14)
Cave Mountain
Cowhole Mountains
Kelso Mountains
Old Dad Mountain
Ivanpah Mountains and Mescal Range
New York Mountains
Peaks Accessible From Interstate 40	302	(11)
Cady Mountains
Granite Mountains
Providence Mountains
Peaks Around Lanfair Valley	313	(3)
Woods Mountains
Peaks South of Interstate 40	316	(22)
Ord Mountains
Sheephole Mountains
Iron Mountains
Marble Mountains
Old Woman Mountains
Sacramento Mountains
Stepladder Mountains
Chemehuevi Mountains
Turtle Mountains
Whipple Mountains
Joshua Tree National Park Area	338	(28)
Bighorn Mountains
Little San Bernardino Mountains
Lost Horse Mountains
Pinto Mountains
Hexie Mountains
Eagle Mountains
Coxcomb Mountains
South and East of Joshua Tree National Park	366	(12)
Orocopia Mountains
Chuckwalla Mountains
Little Chuckwalla Mountains
Granite Mountains
Palen Mountains
Big Maria Mountains
Palo Verde Mountains
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Area	378	(23)
Santa Rosa Mountains
West Boundary Peaks
Borrego Mountain
Pinyon and Vallecito Mountains
In-Ko-Pah and Jacumba Mountains
Coyote Mountains
Appendices	401	(4)
A. Important Addresses and Phone Numbers	401	(2)
B. The Basic Essentials	403	(1)
C. Geologic Time Scale	404	(1)
References	405	(4)
About the Author	409	(1)
Index	410