The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, TrailsA guide to the Sierra Mountains that details mountains and trails of Sierra high country where glaciated valleys, pinnacles and spires, moonscape meadows, and alpine lakes - combined with the region's characteristic good weather - offer hikers, climbers, skiers, and cross country ramblers an opportunity for wilderness, exploration and discovery. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 11 |
CHAPTER2 THE WHITNEY REGION | 35 |
THE KAWEAHS AND THE GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE | 93 |
CHAPTER4 THE KINGSKERN DIVIDE | 129 |
CHAPTER5 THE HIGH PASSES | 155 |
MONARCH DIVIDE AND THE CIRQUE CREST | 181 |
KETTLE RIDGE AND THE LeCONTE DIVIDE | 199 |
chapterb THE PALISADES | 217 |
chapter9 THE EVOLUTION REGION | 265 |
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approach arête ascent August ascent July ascent September base Basin belay beneath block buttress Canyon Center chimney chute Class cliff Climb Continue corner couloir crack Creek crest crosses descends dihedral Direct directly Divide East Face easy ends feet flake Follow Fork Fred Beckey Further reading Glacier goes gully head High Sierra John Muir Trail junction June Kings Lake Trail leads Leave ledge left side loose lower Meadow meet middle miles Minaret Mount Mountain move Norman Clyde North Face north side northeast Northeast Face Northwest Ridge notch Palisade party Pass Trail Peak Pinnacle pitches prominent reached right side River road rock roof route saddle shore short slabs slope snow South Face southeast southern southwest starts steep summit talus Tower trailhead traverse turns upper Valley Variation wall West Face west side Wilderness winter