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Summary: 100 Hikes in CA Central Sierra...
Review: Excellent book with an easy to follow layout. Mostly geared towards moderate to "difficult" hikes with overnight backpacks, or longer dayhikes, the most common. Lists 100 hikes and, in general, they spend 2 pages per hike, with directions to the trail head, max elevation, elevation gain, etc. They also give a sketched map and a photo for each.This book is geared more towards the serious hiker/BPer, not the 2 mile family dayhike type. I have done about 15 of the listed hikes and have found the info accurate. One note: Some of the kiosks they list to get wilderness permits are no longer in operation. To be safe, plan on getting wilderness permits at the ranger station.
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Summary: 100 Hikes in CA Central Sierra...
Review: Excellent book with an easy to follow layout. Mostly geared towards moderate to "difficult" hikes with overnight backpacks, or longer dayhikes, the most common. Lists 100 hikes and, in general, they spend 2 pages per hike, with directions to the trail head, max elevation, elevation gain, etc. They also give a sketched map and a photo for each. This book is geared more towards the serious hiker/BPer, not the 2 mile family dayhike type. I have done about 10 of the listed hikes and have found the info accurate. One note: Some of the kiosks they list to get wilderness permits are no longer in operation. To be safe, plan on getting wilderness permits at the ranger station.
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Summary: 100 Hikes in CA Central Sierra...
Review: Excellent book with an easy to follow layout. Mostly geared towards moderate to "difficult" hikes with overnight backpacks, or longer dayhikes, the most common. Lists 100 hikes and, in general, they spend 2 pages per hike, with directions to the trail head, max elevation, elevation gain, etc. They also give a sketched map and a photo for each. This book is geared more towards the serious hiker/BPer, not the 2 mile family dayhike type. I have done about 10 of the listed hikes and have found the info accurate. One note: Some of the kiosks they list to get wilderness permits are no longer in operation. To be safe, plan on getting wilderness permits at the ranger station.
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Summary: Just Description
Review: I'm sure the authors loved these hikes, but I didn't see that in the hike descriptions. I liked the book, but the books by the Whitehalls were better.
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Summary: Just Description
Review: I'm sure the authors loved these hikes, but I didn't see that in the hike descriptions. I liked the book, but the books by the Whitehalls were better.
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Summary: Excellent guide to backpacking highlights of the Sierra
Review: I've used this book extensively over the past 3 years and have hiked over 20 of the routes described here. It is excellently laid out (it uses highways to organize the treks) and features an excellent and varied selection of short and long trips. I own most of the guides to the Sierra and this is the one I use most regularly. The book is also very durable - mine has fallen in rivers, gotten scrunched against rocks, been boiled and frozen and is still perfectly serviceable. For anyone who is trying to get their head around the central Sierra and identify some good trips - this is the ideal book.
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