John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America's Most Famous Trail

Wenk, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0899977367 / ISBN 13: 9780899977362

Published by Wilderness Press, 2014

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Synopsis:

A state-of-the-art guide for the hike of a lifetime!

Stretching 220 miles from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney and onward to Whitney Portal, California’s famed John Muir Trail Trail passes through some of the most dramatic scenery in the country–massive granite peaks, dizzying waterfalls, pristine alpine lakes, and vibrant meadows filled with Sierra wildflowers.

The all-new John Muir Trail contains information found nowhere else. It meticulously describes the entire passage, with detailed directions for readers of all levels of familiarity, as well as UTM coordinates for important junctions, lateral trails, campsites, food-storage boxes, and points of interest. Each trail section also includes an elevation profile and a table listing elevation, distance from previous point, and total mileage. You’ll find expert start-to-finish advice, whether you’re hiking the whole route or just sections.

The book also features:

• Comprehensive advice on planning and preparing for the trip, Including information about permits, gear and supplies, and bears and food-storage boxes
• Listings of nearby towns and resupply points
• Side trips to 15 notable peaks
• 16 topographic maps incorporated into the book
• A table of campsites found along the John Muir Trail

About the Author: Since childhood, Elizabeth Wenk has hiked and climbed in the Sierra Nevada with her family. After she started college, she found excuses to spend every summer in the Sierra, with its beguiling landscape, abundant flowers, and near-perfect weather. During those summers, she worked as a research assistant for others and completed her own PhD thesis research on the effects of rock type on alpine plant distribution and physiology. But much of the time she hikes simply for leisure. Obsessively wanting to explore every bit of the Sierra, she has hiked thousands of on- and off-trail miles and climbed more than 600 peaks in the mountain range. Recently she has directed her wanderings to gather data for several Wilderness Press titles and to introduce her two young daughters to the wonders of the mountains. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Bibliographic Details

Title: John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to ...
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 5th or later Edition