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| ISBN-13: | 9780899975368 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Wilderness Press |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2010 |
| Series: | 101 Hikes |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 328 |
| File size: | 66 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Matt Heid holds a degree in Earth and planetary science from Harvard University and has hiked thousands of miles across Northern California, Alaska, New England, and other wilderness destinations. An avid hiker, cyclist, and surfer, Heid has authored multiple hiking guidebooks and writes a regular column on outdoor equipment for the Appalachian Mountain Club. He lives in Bedford, MA.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Overview Map vi
Preface xi
Overview of Hikes xii
Using This Book 1
Safety, Gear, and the Wilderness Ethic 5
Where Should I Go Hiking? 13
The Central Coast, Bay Area, and Coast Ranges 19
1 Upper Salmon Creek Falls: Silver Peak Wilderness 20
2 Vicente Flat: Ventana Wilderness 23
3 Cone Peak: Ventana Wilderness 26
4 Ewoldsen Trail: Julian Pfeiffer Burns State Park 29
5 Molera Beach: Andrew Molera State Park 32
6 Pine Valley: Ventana Wilderness 35
7 High Peaks Trail: Pinnacles national Park 39
8 Fremont Peak: Fremont Peak State Park 42
9 Coit Lake: Henry W. Coe State Park 44
10 Coyote Greek: Henry W. Coe State Park 48
11 Sunol Backpack Area: Sunol Regional Wilderness 51
12 Coyote Hills: Coyote Hills Regional Park 55
13 Bob Walker Ridge: Morgan Territory Regional Preserve 57
14 Mount Diablo: Mount Diablo State Park 61
15 Eagle Peak: Mount Diablo State Park 64
16 Cosumnes River: Cosumnes River Preserve 66
17 Wildcat Peak: Tilden Regional Park 69
18 Little Butano Creek Canyon: Butano State Park 72
19 Castle Rock: Castle Rock State Park 74
20 Berry Creek Falls: Big Basin Redwoods State Park 78
21 Purisima Creek: Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve 81
22 Devil's Slide: San Mateo County Parks 84
23 Montara Mountain: San Pedro Valley Country Park 87
24 San Andreas Fault: Golden Gate National Recreation Area 90
25 San Bruno Mountain: San Bruno Mountain State and County Park 93
26 San Francisco's Pacific Shore: Golden Gate National R 95
27 Golden Gate Bridge: Golden Gate National Recreation Area 100
28 Point Bonita: Golden Gate National Recreation Area 103
29 Gerbode Valley: Golden Gate National Recreation 105
30 Ring Mountain: Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve 108
31 Mount Tamalpais: Mount Tamalpais State Park 111
32 Martin Griffin Preserve: Audubon Canyon Ranch 114
33 Alamere Falls: Point Reyes National Seashore 117
34 Sky and Coast Trails: Point Reyes National Seashore 121
35 Tomales Point: Reyes National Seashore 125
36 Table Rock: Robert Louis Stevenson Sate Park 128
37 East Austin Creek: Austin Creek State Recreation Area 130
38 Cache Creek: Cache Creek Wildernes 134
39 Bodega Dunes: Sonoma Coast State Beach 137
40 Fort Ross and Sonoma's Lost Coast: Fort Ross State Historic Park 139
41 Manchester Beach: Manchester State Park 144
42 Ferm Canyon: Van Damme State Park 148
The North Coast and Klamath Muntains 152
43 Humboldt Redwoods: Humboldt Redwoods State Park 153
44 North Yolla Bolly Mountain: Yolla Bolly Wilderness 157
45 Lost Coast Trail: Sinkyone Wilderness State Park 161
46 Big Flat: King Range Wilderness and National Conservation Area 166
47 King Peak: King Range Wilderness and national Conservation Area 170
48 Punta Gorda Lighthouse: King Range Wilderness and National Conservation Area 173
49 Prairie creek Redwoods: Prairie Creek Redwoods National and State Parks 177
50 Klamath River Mouth: Redwood National Park 181
51 Damnation Creek: Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 183
52 Boy Scout Tree Trail: Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park 185
53 Hogan Lake: Russian Wilderness 189
54 Canyon Creek Lakes: Trinity Alps Wilderness 192
55 Marble Rim: Marble Mountain Wilderness 197
56 Castle Dome: Castle Crags State Park 202
57 Heart Lake: Shasta-Trinity National Forest 205
58 Mount Eddy: Shasta-Trinity National Forest 207
Shasta and the Modoc Plateau 210
59 Hidden Valley: Mount Shasta Wilderness 211
60 Sheepy Ridge: Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge 214
61 Schonchine Butte: Lava Beds National Monument 216
62 Valentine Cave: lava Beds National Monument|o218
63 Glass Mountain: Modoc National Forest 220
64 Patterson Lake: South Warner Wilderness 223
65 Burney Falls: McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park 226
66 Magee Peak: Thousand Lakes Wilderness 228
67 Chaos Crags: Lassen Volcanic National Park 230
68 Brokeoff Mountain: Lassen Volcanic National Park 232
69 Devils Kitchen: Lassen Volcanic National Park 235
70 Big Chico Creek: Bidwell Park 237
The Sierra Nevada 240
71 Feather Falls: Plumas National Forest 241
72 Sierra Buttes: Tahoe National Forest 244
73 South Yuba River: South Yuba Wild and Scenic Recreation Area 246
74 Rubicon River: Eldorado Nation Forest 250
75 Island Lake: Tahoe National Forest 252
76 Mount Tallac: Desolation Wilderness 256
77 Lake Tahoe: D. L. Bliss and Emerald Bay State Parks 259
78 Calaveras Big Trees: Calaveras Big Trees State Park 262
79 Grouse Lake: Mokelumne Wilderness 265
80 Mokelumne River: Mokelumne Wilderness 268
81 Hiram Peak: Carson-Iceberg Wilderness 272
82 Deadman Lake: Emigrant Wilderness 275
83 Green Creek: Hoover Wilderness 277
84 Mono Lake: Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve 281
85 Nevada and Vernal Falls: Yosemite National Park 284
86 Half Dome: Yosemite National Park 290
87 Sentinel Dome and Taft Point: Yosemite National Park 293
88 Clouds Rest: Yosemite National Park 296
89 Ireland Lake: Yosemite National Park 299
90 Mariposa Grove: Yosemite National Park 304
91 Ediza Lake: Ansel Adams Wilderness 307
92 Balloon Dome: Ansel Adams Wildernesss 311
93 Kaiser Peak: Kaiser Wilderness 314
94 Little Lakes Valley: John Muir Wilderness 317
95 Methuselah Grove: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest 321
96 Palisade Glacier: John Muir Wilderness 323
97 Ycca Point: Sequoia National Forest 328
98 Redwood Canyon: Kings Canyon National Park 330
99 Pear Lake: Sequoia National Park 334
100 Moro Rock: Sequoia National Park 337
101 Sawtooth Peak: Sequoia National Park 339
Appendix 1 Hikes by Theme 344
Appendix 2 Selected Sources and Recommended Reading 348
Index 351
About the Author 360