"Formerly published as The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1: California. Now the California section of the trail is covered in two books: Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California (From the Mexican border to Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows) and Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California (From Tuolumne Meadows to the Oregon Border). A third book, The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 2: Oregon & Washington, is also published by Wilderness Press; it covers the northwestern part of the PCT"--Copyright page. "Distributed by Publishers Group West"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
First published in 1973, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 1, California quickly established itself as the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned, Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California starts in Yosemite National Park's beautiful backcountry and guides you to the California-Oregon border. It winds past rivers, peaks, forests, meadows, fascinating geological formations, and other natural wonders. Let PCT gurus Jordan Summers and Jeffrey P. Schaffer share more than four decades of expertise with you. They'll help you with everything you need to know about this 776.4-mile section of the 2,650-mile trail. You'll pass through Emigrant, Desolation, and Marble Mountain wildernesses; Shasta-Trinity National Forest; and Lassen Volcanic National Park; and you'll see Lake Tahoe, Burney Falls, Mount Shasta, and Castle Crags. In this book, you'll find: all-in-one guide by accomplished hikers who have logged over 5,000 trail miles; detailed trail descriptions and alternate routes; full-color customized maps, drawn to scale with one another; need-to-know information for day hikes, weekend backpacks, and an ambitious thru-hike; and tips for locating the trail, water sources, and resupply access routes. This guidebook will be your truest companion. So now's the time to get going. The trail awaits!
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