Backpacking California Book

Foreword   Eric Blehm     xii
Introduction     1
The Peninsular Ranges     9
Laguna Mountains
Noble Canyon Trail   Jerry Schad     13
Pine Creek Wilderness
Horsethief Canyon   Jerry Schad     17
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
San Mateo Canyon   Jerry Schad     20
The San Jacinto Mountains
San Jacinto Peak   Jerry Schad     24
San Jacinto Loop   David Money Harris     28
The Santa Rosa Mountains
Art Smith Trail   David Money Harris     33
The Transverse Ranges     37
The San Bernardino Mountains
San Gorgonio Mountain   Jerry Schad     40
San Bernardino Mountain Traverse   Jerry Schad     44
Holcomb Crossing Trail Camp Loop   David Money Harris     49
The San Gabriel Mountains
Big Santa Anita Loop   Jerry Schad     53
Devils Canyon   Jerry Schad     57
East Fork San Gabriel River   Jerry Schad     60
The Santa Monica Mountains
Point Mugu State Park Loop   Doug Christiansen     64
The Coast Ranges     70
Big Sur
Sykes Hot Springs   Analise ElliotHeid     74
Black Cone Trail   Analise Elliot Heid     82
Cone Peak Trail   Analise Elliot Heid     90
Diablo Range
Poverty Flat and Los Cruzeros Loop   Jean Rusmore     95
Redfern Pond Loop   Jean Rusmore     102
The Ohlone Wilderness Trail   Matt Heid     107
Santa Cruz Mountains
Pescadero Creek Loop   Michel Digonnet     114
Skyline to Big Basin   Michel Digonnet     120
Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail   Matt Heid     127
Point Reyes National Seashore
Coast Trail   Matt Heid     134
Bear Valley Loop   Matt Heid     140
Lost Coast
Lost Coast Trail: Orchard Camp to Usal Camp   Matt Heid     146
Lost Coast Trail: King Range Wilderness Loop   Matt Heid     151
Klamath Mountains     160
Trinity Alps
Canyon Creek Lakes and L Lake   Mike White     162
North Fork Trinity River to Grizzly Lake   Mike White     171
New River and Slide Creek to Historic Mining District and Eagle Creek   Mike White     179
Deadfall Lakes, Mount Eddy, and the Sacramento Headwaters   Andy Selters      187
Marble Mountains
Marble Rim via Sky High Lakes Basin   Matt Heid     193
Shackleford to Campbell, Cliff, Summit, Little Elk, Deep, and Wrights Lakes Loop   Mike White     197
Eastern California
Desert     209
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Butler and Coyote Canyon Loop   Lowell Lindsay   Diana Lindsay     213
Rockhouse Valley Loop   Lowell Lindsay   Diana Lindsay     218
Death Valley National Park
Marble Canyon to Cottonwood Canyon Loop   Michel Digonnet     223
Surprise Canyon   Michel Digonnet     229
Ubehebe Country Loop   Michel Digonnet     237
White Mountains
Black Canyon   Elizabeth Wenk     243
Cottonwood Basin Loop   Elizabeth Wenk     248
Southern Sierra Nevada     254
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and John Muir and Golden Trout Wildernesses
Mineral King and Little Five Lakes Loop   Mike White     256
Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal via the High Sierra Trail   Mike White     264
Lodgepole Campground to Deadman Canyon Loop   Mike White     274
Rae Lakes Loop   Mike White     285
Cottonwood Lakes to Upper Rock Creek Loop   Mike White     292
Horseshoe Meadow to Whitney Portal   Mike White     298
South Lake to North Lake   Mike White     304
North Lake to Humphreys Basin Loop   Mike White     316
North Fork Big Pine Creek Loop   Andy Selters     322
Ansel Adams Wilderness
Agnew Meadows to Devils Postpile   Mike White     328
Lillian Lake Loop   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     337
Northern Sierra Nevada     343
Yosemite National Park
Happy Isles to Half Dome   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     347
Happy Isles to Merced Lake   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     352
Glen Aulin and Waterwheel Falls   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     359
High Sierra Camps Loop, Northwest Part   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     364
High Sierra Camps Loop, Southeast Part   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     369
Tuolumne Meadows to Emeric Lake   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     375
Yosemite National Park and Hoover Wilderness
Virginia Lakes Basin to Green Creek   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     380
Kerrick Canyon and Matterhorn Canyon Loop via Barney and Peeler Lakes   Ben Schifrin     385
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
County Line Trail to Sword and Lost Lakes   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     394
Pacific Grade Summit to Bull Run Lake   Jeffrey P. Schaffer     399
Desolation Wilderness
Glen Alpine to Half Moon Lake   Mike White     403
Velma, Fontanillis, and Dicks Lakes   Mike White     407
Meeks Bay to Emerald Bay   Mike White     411
Tahoe Rim Trail
Tahoe Rim Trail: Showers Lake   Tim Hauserman     417
Tahoe Rim Trail: Star Lake and Freel Peak   Tim Hauserman     422
Plumas-Eureka State Park
Little Jamison Canyon to Grass, Rock, Jamison, and Wades Lakes   Mike White     426
Bucks Lake Wilderness
Bucks Lake Wilderness Loop   Mike White     431
Cascade Range     438
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Summit Lake to Cluster, Twin, Rainbow, Snag, Horseshoe, and Swan Lakes Loop   Mike White     440
Caribou Wilderness
Central Caribou Lakes Loop   Mike White     447
Mount Shasta
Treeline Circumnavigation of Mount Shasta   Michael Zanger   Andy Selters     453
Warner Mountains     459
The Summit Trail: Pepperdine Trailhead to Patterson Lake   Mike White     460
Trips At-a-Glance      465
Index     474
About the Contributors     485