Backpacking California: Mountain, Foothill, Coastal and Desert Adventures in the Golden State

Wilderness Press

Wilderness Press, May 10, 2010 - Travel - 490 pages

Backpacking California is a collection of more than 70 of the most intriguing backpacking adventures in Wilderness Press's home territory of California. With contributions from more than a dozen Wilderness Press authors, the book describes routes ranging from one night to one week. Backpacking novices as well as "old hand" California hikers will find expert-crafted trips in the Coast Ranges, the Sierra, the Cascades, and the Warner Mountains. Expanded coverage includes trips in Big Sur, Anza-Borrego, Death Valley, and the White Mountains. Several trips have been described in print nowhere else. Each trip includes a trail map and essential logistical information for trip planning.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Map Legend: 5
• WESTERN CALIFORNIA: 7
• The Peninsular Ranges: 9
• Trip 1 Noble Canyon Trail: 13
• Trip 2 Horsethief Canyon: 17
• Trip 3 San Mateo Canyon: 20
• Trip 4 San Jacinto Peak: 24
• Trip 5 San Jacinto Loop: 28
• Trip 6 Art Smith Trail: 33
• The Transverse Ranges: 37
• Trip 7 San Gorgonio Mountain: 40
• Trp 8 San Bernardino Mountain Traverse: 44
• Trip 9 Holcomb Crossing Trail Camp Loop: 49
• Trip 10 Big Santa Anita Loop: 53
• Trip 11 Devils Canyon: 57
• Trip 12 East Fork San Gabriel River: 60
• Trip 13 Point Mugu State Park Loop: 64
• The Coast Ranges: 70
• Trip 14 Sykes Hot Springs: 74
• Trip 15 Black Cone Trail: 82
• Trip 16 Cone Peak Trail: 90
• Trip 17 Poverty Flat and Los Cruzeros Loop: 95
• Trip 18 Redfern Pond Loop: 102
• Trip 19 The Ohlone Wilderness Trail: 107
• Trip 20 Pescadero Creek Loop: 114
• Trip 21 Skyline to Big Basin: 120
• Trip 22 SkylinetotheSea Trail: 127
• Trip 23 Coast Trail: 134
• Trip 24 Bear Valley Loop: 140
• Orchard Camp to Usal Camp: 146
• King Range Wilderness Loop: 151
• Klamath Mountains: 160
• Trip 27 Canyon Creek Lakes and L Lake: 162
• Trip 28 North Fork Trinity River to Grizzly Lake: 171
• Trip 29 New River and Slide Creek to Historic Mining District and Eagle Creek: 179
• Trpi 30 Deadfall Lakes Mount Eddy and the Sacramento Headwaters: 187
• Trip 31 Marble Rim via Sky High Lakes Basin: 193
• Trip 32 Shackleford to Campbell Cliff Summit Little Elk Deep and Wrights Lakes Loop: 197
• EASTERN CALIFORNIA: 207
• Desert: 209
• Trip 33 Butler and Coyote Canyon Loop: 213
• Trip 34 Rockhouse Valley Loop: 218
• Trip 35 Marble Canyon to Cottonwood Canyon Loop: 223
• Trip 36 Surprise Canyon: 229
• Trip 37 Ubehebe Country Loop: 237
• Trip 38 Black Canyon: 243
• Trip 39 Cottonwood Basin Loop: 248
• Southern Sierra Nevada: 254
• Trip 40 Mineral King and Little Five Lakes Loop: 256
• Triip 41 Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal via the High Sierra Trail: 264
• Trip 42 Lodgepole Campground to Deadman Canyon Loop: 274
• Trip 43 Rae Lakes Loop: 285
• Trip 44 Cottonwood Lakes to Upper Rock Creek Loop: 292
• Trip 45 Horseshoe Meadow to Whitney Portal: 298
• Trip 46 South Lake to North Lake: 304
• Trip 47 North Lake to Humphreys Basin Loop: 316
• Trip 48 North Fork Big Pine Creek Loop: 322
• Trip 49 Agnew Meadows to Devils Postpile: 328
• Trip 50 Lillian Lake Loop: 337
• Northern Sierra Nevada: 343
• Trip 51 Happy Isles to Half Dome: 347
• Trip 52 Happy Isles to Merced Lake: 352
• Trip 53 Glen Aulin and Waterwheel Falls: 359
• Trip 54 High Sierra Camps Loop Northwest Part: 364
• Trip 55 High Sierra Camps Loop Southeast Part: 369
• Trip 56 Tuolumne Meadows to Emeric Lake: 375
• Trip 57 Virginia Lakes Basin to Green Creek: 380
• Trip 58 Kerrick Canyon and Matterhorn Canyon Loop via Barney and Peeler Lakes: 385
• Trip 59 County Line Trail to Sword and Lost Lakes: 394
• Trip 60 Pacific Grade Summit to Bull Run Lake: 399
• Trip 61 Glen Alpine to Half Moon Lake: 403
• Trip 62 Velma Fontanillis and Dicks Lakes: 407
• Trip 63 Meeks Bay to Emerald Bay: 411
• Showers Lake: 417
• Star Lake and Freel Peak: 422
• Trip 66 Little Jamison Canyon to Grass Rock Jamison and Wades Lakes: 426
• Trip 67 Bucks Lake Wilderness Loop: 431
• Cascade Range: 438
• Trip 68 Summit Lake to Cluster Twin Rainbow Snag Horseshoe and Swan Lakes Loop: 440
• Trip 69 Central Caribou Lakes Loop: 447
• Trip 70 Treeline Circumnavigation of Mount Shasta: 453
• Warner Mountains: 459
• Pepperdine Trailhead to Patterson Lake: 460
• Trips AtaGlance: 465
• Index: 474
• About the Contributors: 485

Bibliographic information

• Title: Backpacking California: Mountain, Foothill, Coastal and Desert Adventures in the Golden State
• Author: Wilderness Press
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Wilderness Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0899975143, 9780899975146
• Length: 490 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene; Sports & Recreation / Hiking; Travel / Special Interest / Hikes & Walks; Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)