Hiking Northern California Book

	Acknowledgments	vi
	Map Legend	vii
	Overview Map	viii
	Introduction	1
	Using This Book	3
	Hikes	3
	Maps	5
	Wilderness Permits	6
	Trailheads	6
	Trail Markers	6
	Author's Hike Recommendations	7
	Backcountry Rules and Wilderness Regulations	10
	Zero Impact	14
	Hazards in the Backcountry	16
	Hypothermia	18
	Lightning and Flash Floods	19
	Insects	19
	Rattlesnakes	20
	Poison Oak	20
	Bears	21
	Giardia	21
	Fires	22
	Driving to the Trailheads	23
	Ten Essentials	23
	Hiking with Children	24
	The Hikes
	South Coast Ranges
	Overview	26
1.	Pfeiffer Falls/Valley View Loop	26
2.	Mount Carmel	30
3.	Pine Valley	33
4.	Pinnacles National Monument	38
5.	Big Basin Redwoods State Park	42
	Southern Sierra Nevada
	Overview	46
6.	Walker Pass to Morris Peak	47
7.	Big Meadow to the Domeland	49
8.	West Meadow to Stony Meadow, Rincon Trail	54
9.	Jackass Peak	58
10.	Albanita Meadows	60
11.	Blackrock Gap to Kern Peak	62
12.	Cottonwood Loop	67
13.	Horseshoe Meadow to Rocky Basin Lakes	73
14.	Jordan Peak	80
15.	Alta Peak	84
16.	Rowell Trailhead to Williams and Comanche Meadows	87
17.	Lookout Peak	91
18.	Boole Tree Loop Trail	94
19.	Big Baldy	98
20.	Redwood Mountain Loop	100
21.	Courtright Reservoir to Dinkey Lakes	104
22.	Twin Lakes	108
23.	Onion Valley to Whitney Portal	113
24.	North Fork Big Pine Creek	124
25.	Lake Sabrina to Hungry Packer Lake	128
26.	Lake Sabrina to Tyee Lakes	133
27.	North Lake to the Lamarck Lakes	135
28.	North Lake to Pine Creek	138
29.	South Lake to Dusy Basin	143
30.	Rock Creek to Upper Morgan Lake	147
31.	Rock Creek to Pioneer Basin	150
32.	Duck Pass Trailhead to Tully Lake	153
33.	Agnew Meadows to Devils Postpile	158
34.	Lillian Lake Loop	164
35.	Isberg Trailhead to Hemlock Crossing	169
	Northern Great Basin Ranges
	Overview	174
36.	Piper Mountain	175
37.	White Mountain Sampler	179
38.	Desert Creek to Mount Patterson	185
	Northern Sierra Nevada
	Overview	190
39.	Hetch Hetchy Reservoir to Rancheria Falls	191
40.	Tioga Road to Ten Lakes	195
41.	Tioga Pass to Mount Dana	199
42.	Saddlebag Lake Road to Gardisky Lake	203
43.	Saddlebag Lake to McCabe Lakes	206
44.	Green Creek to Summit Lake	211
45.	Emma Lake	215
46.	Highway 108 to Sardine Falls	218
47.	Sonora Peak	222
48.	Blue Canyon	225
49.	Dardanelles Loop	229
50.	Gianelli Trailhead to Upper Relief Valley	232
51.	Ebbetts Pass to Nobel Lake	237
52.	Sandy Meadow Trailhead to Wheeler Lake	240
53.	Carson Pass to Frog, Winnemucca, and Round Top Lakes	244
54.	Schneider Camp to Showers Lake	248
55.	Luther Pass to Freel Meadows	252
56.	Alpine Meadows Road to Five Lakes	256
57.	Grouse Ridge to Glacier Lake	260
58.	Feather Falls National Recreation Trail	263
59.	Lakes Basin	267
60.	Mount Elwell Loop	272
61.	Frazier Falls	277
62.	Silver Lake to Gold Lake	279
	Southern Cascade Range
	Overview	283
63.	Hay Meadow to Long Lake	284
64.	Warner Valley to Boiling Springs Lake and Terminal Geyser	288
65.	Lassen Peak	292
66.	Crags Lake	296
67.	Butte Lake to Snag Lake Loop	299
68.	Tamarack Trailhead to Everett and Magee Lakes	305
69.	Patterson Lake via the Summit Trail	310
70.	Pine Creek Basin	315
	North Coast Ranges
	Overview	319
71.	Mount Wittenberg	320
72.	Summit Springs Trailhead to Snow Mountain	323
73.	North Yolla Bolly Mountains Loop	328
74.	Lightning Trailhead to Kings Peak	333
75.	Elk Prairie to Fern Canyon and Gold Bluffs Beach via the James Irvine Trail	337
	Klamath Mountains
	Overview	341
76.	Canyon Creek Lakes	342
77.	Long Gulch to Trail Gulch Loop	347
78.	Forest Road 39N48 to Bingham Lake	352
79.	South Kelsey Trail to Bear Lake, Little Bear Valley	357
80.	Shackleford Creek to Summit Lake	360
Appendix A	For More Information	366
Appendix B	Hiker Checklist	370
	Index	372
	About the Author	383