Sierra North Backcountry Trips in Californias Sierra Nevada

by Morey, Kathy; White, Mike; Corless, Stacey; Winnett, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780899973968
• ISBN10: 0899973965
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-20
• Publisher: Wilderness Press

Summary

Now in its 9th edition, the completely updated and revised Sierra North showcases new trips and old favorites in regions such as Desolation Wilderness, Emigrant Wilderness, the proposed Castle Peak Wilderness, and the world-famous Yosemite National Park. This classic guidebook has been a trusted source for hikers for nearly 40 years, inspiring thousands to explore the Sierra Nevada, and to come back again and again. Trips are now organised around major highway sections makes planning easier than ever. Includes information on permits, day-by- day trail descriptions, GPS and elevation data, where to find water, and detailed trailhead maps showing routes for every trip. Contains 86 backpacking trips, ranging in length from 2 to 11 days. Over 150,000 copies of Sierra North have sold since its first publication in 1967.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Sierra North Locator Map	vi
Going High to Get High	xi
Thomas Winnett
Trip Cross-Reference Table	xii
Introduction	1	(14)
Updates for the Ninth Edition	1	(1)
Care and Enjoyment of the Mountains	2	(1)
Safety and Well Being	3	(3)
The Bear Problem	6	(3)
Maps and Profiles	9	(1)
How to Use This Book	10	(5)
US Interstate 80 Trips	15	(8)
Castle Peak Trailhead	17	(6)
Paradise Lake	17	(2)
Castle Peak Wilderness Loop	19	(4)
State Highway 89 Trips	23	(24)
Powderhorn Trailhead	25	(6)
Bear Pen	25	(1)
Whisky Creek Camp	26	(2)
Barker Pass	28	(3)
Meeks Bay Trailhead	31	(10)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 1: To Echo Summit	31	(10)
Bayview Trailhead	41	(2)
Upper Velma Lake	41	(2)
Big Meadow Trailhead	43	(4)
Carson Pass West	43	(4)
US Highway 50 Trips	47	(10)
Twin Lakes Trailhead	49	(4)
Island Lake	49	(4)
Echo Summit Trailhead	53	(4)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 2: To Carson Pass West	53	(4)
State Highway 88 Trips	57	(36)
Silver Lake--Granite Lake Trailhead	59	(2)
Long Lake	59	(2)
Thunder Mountain Trailhead	61	(12)
Scout Carson Lake	61	(3)
Summit City Canyon	64	(1)
Mokelumne River	65	(3)
Silver Lake--Granite Lake Trailhead	68	(5)
Woods Lake Trailhead	73	(4)
Round Top Lake	73	(4)
Carson Pass West Trailhead	77	(4)
Showers Lake	77	(1)
Echo Summit Trailhead	78	(3)
Carson Pass East Trailhead	81	(10)
Fourth of July Lake	81	(3)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 3: To Lake Alpine-Silver Valley Trailhead	84	(7)
Upper Blue Lake--Granite Lake Trailhead	91	(2)
Grouse Lake	91	(2)
State Highway 4 Trips	93	(22)
Lake Alpine--Silver Valley Trailhead	95	(4)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 4: To Clark Fork	95	(4)
Mosquito Lakes Trailhead	99	(4)
Stanislaus Meadow Trailhead	99	(4)
High Trail Trailhead	103	(12)
Soda Springs	103	(3)
Wolf Creek Meadows	106	(3)
Sonora Pass	109	(3)
Poison Lake	112	(3)
State Highway 108 Trips	115	(50)
Crabtree Camp Trailhead	117	(4)
Deer Lake	117	(1)
Pingree Lake	118	(3)
Gianelli Cabin Trailhead	121	(8)
Y Meadow Lake	121	(2)
Wire Lakes	123	(1)
Crabtree Camp Trailhead	124	(2)
Kennedy Meadow	126	(3)
Iceberg Meadow Trailhead	129	(4)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 5: To Saint Marys Pass Trailhead	129	(4)
Kennedy Meadow Trailhead	133	(18)
Summit Creek	133	(3)
Emigrant Meadow Lake	136	(1)
Emigrant Lake	137	(1)
Cow Meadow Lake	138	(2)
Gianelli Cabin	140	(2)
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Section 6: To Tuolumne Meadows	142	(9)
Leavitt Meadows Trailhead	151	(14)
Fremont Lake	151	(2)
Cinko Lake	153	(2)
Dorothy Lake	155	(3)
Tower Lake	158	(3)
Buckeye Forks	161	(4)
State Highway 120 Trips	165	(66)
Hetch Hetchy Trailhead	167	(4)
Rancheria Creek	167	(1)
Tiltill Valley	168	(3)
White Wolf Trailhead	171	(6)
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne	171	(6)
Tenaya Lake Trailhead	177	(8)
Sunrise High Sierra Camp	177	(3)
Yosemite Valley--Happy Isles Trailhead	180	(5)
Cathedral Lakes Trailhead	185	(12)
Upper Cathedral Lake	185	(1)
Sunrise High Sierra Camp	186	(1)
Lyell Canyon-PCT/JMT Trailhead	187	(4)
Tenaya Lake	191	(2)
Yosemite Valley--Happy Isles Trailhead	193	(4)
Elizabeth Lake Trailhead	197	(4)
Nelson Lake	197	(4)
Lembert Dome Trailhead	201	(4)
Young Lakes	201	(4)
Lyell Canyon-PCT/JMT Trailhead	205	(14)
Lyell Canyon	205	(2)
Vogelsang High Sierra Camp	207	(1)
Emeric Lake	208	(3)
Lyell Fork Merced River	211	(3)
Triple Peak Fork Merced River	214	(5)
Mono Pass Trailhead	219	(6)
Alger Lakes	219	(6)
Saddlebag Lake Trailhead	225	(6)
20 Lakes Basin Loop	225	(2)
Lower McCabe Lake	227	(2)
Tuolumne Meadows	229	(2)
Western Yosemite Trips	231	(24)
Happy Isles Trailhead	233	(2)
Merced Lake	233	(2)
Bridalveil Creek Trailhead	235	(10)
Royal Arch Lake	235	(4)
Glacier Point---Panorama Trailhead	239	(2)
Yosemite Valley--Happy Isles Trailhead	241	(4)
Glacier Point---Panorama Trailhead	245	(10)
Merced Lake	245	(1)
Rutherford Lake	246	(4)
Granite Creek Campground	250	(5)
US Highway 395 Trips	255	(36)
Corral Valley Trailhead	256	(15)
Lower Fish Valley	256	(5)
Ebbetts Pass	261	(4)
Lake Alpine--Silver Valley Trailhead	265	(6)
Twin Lakes Trailhead	271	(14)
Peeler Lake	271	(2)
Buckeye Forks	273	(2)
Crown Lake	275	(1)
Upper Piute Creek	275	(2)
Peeler Lake via Kerrick Meadow	277	(2)
Benson Lake	279	(2)
Smedberg Lake	281	(4)
Green Creek Roadend Trailhead	285	(6)
East Lake	285	(1)
Virginia Lakes Campground	286	(2)
Tuolumne Meadows	288	(3)
Index	291	(8)
Map Index	299	(1)
About the Authors	300