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. |
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Great book, terrible ebook. The online version had all the images removed. In other words, it is a guidebook with no maps, photos or diagrams! Completely worthless! And you cannot print pages to take with you on treks. By trying to prevent pages or images of this book from being distributed without purchase, they have rendered this ebook useless to those of us who have purchased it. I requested a refund and received it from google.
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Great guide for the Sierra and something well work buying for every climber, peakbagger, or backpacker.
I own the paper and ebook copy. While it's great being able to search and get at it anywhere I have internet access be aware the version available through Google has been restricted to disallow printing.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 11 |
Introduction | 15 |
SAFETY | 20 |
CONSERVATION | 23 |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 28 |
RATING SYSTEM | 31 |
PEAKS AND REGISTERS | 33 |
The Whitney Region | 35 |
The Palisades | 217 |
MAPS | 219 |
PEAKS PASSES | 221 |
The Evolution Region | 265 |
MAPS | 267 |
PEAKS PASSES | 270 |
The Mono Recesses | 313 |
WILDERNESS PERMITS | 314 |
MAPS | 37 |
EMERGENCY | 38 |
PEAKS PASSES | 42 |
The Kaweahs and the Great Western Divide | 93 |
EMERGENCY | 95 |
PEAKS PASSES | 99 |
The KingsKern Divide | 129 |
EMERGENCY | 130 |
ROADS TRAILS | 131 |
PEAKS PASSES | 133 |
The High Passes | 155 |
EMERGENCY | 156 |
ROADS TRAILS | 157 |
PEAKS PASSES | 160 |
Monarch Divide and the Cirque Crest | 181 |
EMERGENCY | 183 |
PEAKS PASSES | 184 |
Kettle Ridge and the LeConte Divide | 199 |
EMERGENCY | 201 |
PEAKS PASSES | 204 |
EMERGENCY | 315 |
PEAKS PASSES | 319 |
Mammoth Lakes and the Silver Divide | 351 |
EMERGENCY | 353 |
PEAKS PASSES | 358 |
The Minarets and June Lake | 370 |
MAPS | 371 |
WILDERNESS PERMITS | 372 |
PEAKS PASSES | 376 |
The Clark and Cathedral Ranges | 399 |
EMERGENCY | 401 |
PEAKS PASSES | 408 |
Northern Yosemite | 429 |
WILDERNESS PERMITS | 431 |
PEAKS PASSES | 435 |
Glossary | 478 |
Further Reading | 480 |
Wilderness Permits | 482 |
| 486 | |
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Common terms and phrases
arête ascent August ascent July ascent September Basin belay buttress chimney chockstone cliff Clyde Minaret couloir Creek Trail crosses David Brower descends dihedral East Face East Ridge face climbing feet Fiddler flake Follow the ridge Fred Beckey Further reading Galen Rowell Glacier gully headwall High Sierra hike Interstate 395 John Muir Trail John Muir Wilderness junction Kaweah Kings Canyon Lake Trail ledge left side left-facing lieback loose rock Meadow miles Minaret Mount Sill Mount Whitney Mountain Norman Clyde North Face North Palisade North Ridge north side Northeast Face Northwest Ridge notch overhang Pacific Crest Trail Palisade Pass Trail Peak Pinnacle prominent ramp rappel right side right-facing road route ascends saddle Sierra crest slabs slope South Face South Ridge southeast southwest steep summit block talus Tower Trail continues Trail goes trail leads trailhead traverse left Valley West Face West Ridge west side Wilderness permit winter ascent
Bibliographic information
| Title | The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails Mountaineers Bks |
| Author | R. J. Secor |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | The Mountaineers Books, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1594854815, 9781594854811 |
| Length | 501 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) |
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