The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails**Please note we have a few edits and updates for THE HIGH SIERRA: Peaks, Passes, Trails, 3rd Ed. Please download the edits HERE so your copy reflects the appropriate changes and additions. Thank you.** "The Sierra climbing bible" - The Los Angeles Times "The best field guide to the region." - Men's Journal "The guide to the Sierra Nevada high country." - Climbing magazine * More than 100 new routes, route variations, and winter ascents in this edition compared to the previous * User friendly organization * Author has made more than 350 ascents in the Sierra High Sierra is the most popular guidebook to this magnificent mountain range, and has long been the definitive source of climbing and hiking information for this wonderland. This comprehensive and exhaustive guidebook includes route descriptions, historical information, and GPS-enabled driving directions. This edition rearranged the information to keep roads and trails, and passes and peaks together, making the book easier to use. |
Contents
Wilderness Permits | |
THE KAWEAHS AND THE GREAT WESTERN | |
Wilderness Permits | |
THE KINGSKERN DIVIDE | |
Emergency | |
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arête ascent August ascent July ascent September Basin belay buttress chimney chockstone cirque couloir Crag Creek Trail crosscountry crosses David Brower descends dihedral East Face East Ridge face climbing feet 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 leftfacing lieback loose rock Meadow miles Minaret Mono Mount Sill Mount Whitney Mountain Norman Clyde North Face North Palisade north ridge north side Northeast Face northeast ridge northwest notch overhang Pacific Crest Trail Palisade Pass Trail Peak Pinnacle rappel right side rightfacing righthand 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 upper Valley West Face West Ridge west side winter ascent Yosemite