Description
Through California’s high Sierra Nevada.
The John Muir Trail links Yosemite and the Mount Whitney area through a landscape of granite, lakes, and high passes. The book covers a classic continuous mountain trek, with Whitney Portal as the finish of the described route. It thus provides a basis for experiencing several well-known natural areas as parts of one longer journey on foot through the mountains.
Twenty-one stages and a comprehensive overall plan.
The route is presented in 21 daily stages, with a natural duration of around three weeks. The stage breakdown makes it easier to understand the structure of the trip, but should be adapted to your own abilities and practical circumstances. The book is useful when assessing time requirements and seeing how campsites, supplies, and access can fit together along a route that runs far from ordinary towns and facilities.
Maps and practical topics for the long-distance trek.
Route descriptions and maps are supported by material on preparation, permits, water, wildlife, and travel in the wilderness, among other topics. This offers more than just a description of the trail. The guide helps you identify what needs to be clarified before departure, while current regulations, reservations, and conditions must be checked with the responsible park and management authorities before booking a specific itinerary.
For experienced trekkers in the high mountains.
Altitude, long distances, and changing weather place demands on both capability and planning. The guide suits readers with experience from remote mountain areas who can use the book alongside up-to-date local information. Choose stages and itinerary according to skills, equipment, and current conditions, allowing for a workable plan that may look different from a standard day-by-day program.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew out of a community of climbers and mountain people who wanted to share detailed knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still shapes the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Alan Castle. English language. 224 pages. Second edition, published in 2015. ISBN 9781852847906.
