Hot Showers, Soft Beds, and Dayhikes in the Sierra: Walks and Strolls near Lodgings Book

	Acknowledgments	x
Chapter 1.	Introduction	3
Chapter 2.	Hiking Hints	8
Chapter 3.	Lodgings and Communities	12
Chapter 4.	About the Hikes	17
Chapter 5.	Hiking Table	22
Chapter 6.	The Eastern Sierra: Crest Country	27
1.	Chicken Spring Lake	37
2.	Lone Pine Lake	39
3.	Kearsarge Trail Lakes	41
4.	Big Pine Lakes	43
5.	Treasure Lakes	45
6.	Marie Louise Lakes	48
7.	Chocolate Lakes Loop	49
8.	Bishop Lake	51
9.	Sabrina Lakes	52
10.	Grass and Lamarck Lakes	55
11.	Loch Leven and Piute Lake	57
12.	Francis and Dorothy Lakes	59
13.	Hilton Lakes	61
14.	Little Lakes Valley	64
15.	Mono Pass	68
16.	Grass Lake	69
17.	Convict Lake	71
18.	Sherwin and Valentine Lakes	74
19.	Heart Lake	77
20.	Duck Pass	79
21.	Emerald and Skelton Lakes	82
22.	Barrett and T J Lakes	84
23.	Crystal Lake and Crest	86
24.	McCloud Lake and Red Cones	88
25.	San Joaquin Ridge	90
26.	Olaine and Shadow Lakes	92
27.	Minaret Falls	95
28.	Johnston Lake	98
29.	Rainbow and Lower Falls	99
30.	Fern and Yost Lakes	101
31.	Agnew and Gem Lakes	103
32.	Parker Lake	105
33.	Walker and Sardine Lakes	107
34.	Walker Lake	109
35.	Gibbs Lake	111
36.	May Lundy Mine, Oneida Lake	113
37.	Lundy Canyon	116
38.	Virginia Lakes	118
39.	Green, East, and West Lakes	120
40.	Barney Lake	123
Chapter 7.	Western Sierra: National Parks Country	127
41.	Soda Spring	138
42.	Eagle or Lower Mosquito Lake	140
43.	Lower Monarch Lake	142
44.	Giant Forest Sequoia Loop	145
45.	Panther Gap	148
46.	Heather Lake	151
47.	Tokopah Falls	153
48.	Little Baldy	154
49.	Muir Grove	155
50.	Weaver Lake	157
51.	Big Baldy	159
52.	Buena Vista Peak	160
53.	Redwood Mountain	161
54.	Park Ridge Loop	164
55.	Sheep Creek Cascades	166
56.	Cedar Grove Overlook	168
57.	Falls and Zumwalt Meadows	170
58.	Mist Falls	172
59.	Dinkey Lakes	174
60.	Rancheria Falls	177
61.	Twin Lakes	179
62.	Dutch Lake	181
63.	Doris and Tule Lakes	184
64.	Along Lake Edison	186
65.	Mariposa Grove	188
66.	Chilnualna Falls	192
67.	Sentinel Dome and Taft Point	194
68.	To Yosemite Valley via Falls	197
69.	Four Mile Trail	203
70.	Vernal and Nevada Falls	205
71.	Lookout Point	208
72.	Tueeulala and Wapama Falls	209
Chapter 8.	Northern Sierra: State Route 120, the Best of Yosemite	213
73.	Bennettville Site and Lakes	215
74.	Gardisky Lake	218
75.	20 Lakes Basin	219
76.	Gaylor Lakes, Mine Ruins	223
77.	Summit and Spillway Lakes	225
78.	Dog Lake and Dog Dome	228
79.	Tuolumne Meadows Loop	230
80.	Elizabeth Lake	233
81.	Cathedral Lakes	235
82.	Lower Sunrise Lake	237
83.	May Lake	238
84.	North Dome	240
85.	Lukens Lake	243
86.	Harden Lake	244
Chapter 9.	Northern Sierra: State Route 108, Sonora Pass Country	247
87.	Leavitt Meadow Loop	249
88.	Relief Reservoir Overlook	252
89.	Boulder Creek and Lake	255
90.	Sword Lake	257
Chapter 10.	Northern Sierra: State Route 4, Ebbetts Pass Country	261
91.	Sherrold, Upper Kinney Lakes	263
92.	Noble Lake	265
93.	Heiser and Bull Run Lakes	267
94.	Duck Lake	270
95.	Three Lakes Loop	272
Chapter 11.	Northern Sierra: State Routes 89 and 88, Wildflower Country	275
96.	Dardanelles and Round Lakes	279
97.	Lily Pad, Upper Sunset Lakes	281
98.	Blue Lakes to Granite Lake	283
99.	Frog and Winnemucca Lakes	284
100.	Meiss and Round Lakes	286
101.	Woods Lake Loop	289
102.	Emigrant Lake	291
103.	Lake Margaret	293
104.	Silver Lake to Granite, Hidden Lakes	295
105.	Shealor Lake	297
106.	Shriner Lake	298
107.	Devils Lake	301
Chapter 12.	Northern Sierra: U.S. Highway 50, South of Tahoe	303
108.	Tamarack and Triangle Lakes	305
109.	Bloodsucker Lake	309
110.	Grouse and Hemlock Lakes	311
111.	Twin and Island Lakes	314
Chapter 13.	Northern Sierra: State Route 89 Around Lake Tahoe	317
112.	Angora Lakes	323
113.	Grass Lake	326
114.	Gilmore, Half Moon, or Susie Lake	328
115.	Granite, Velma, or Dicks Lake	330
116.	Fall; Eagle, Velma, or Dicks Lake	334
117.	Genevieve, Crag, Shadow Lakes	336
118.	Five Lakes Basin	338
Chapter 14.	Northern Sierra: Interstate 80, Donner Summit Country	341
119.	Long Lake	343
120.	Loch Leven, Salmon Lakes	344
	Bibliography	347
Appendix A.	Hints for Staying in Lodgings	349
Appendix B.	Hints for Getting Around in the Sierra	351
Appendix C.	Top Picks	354
Appendix D.	How I Got the Data	357
	Index	359