Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Overview of the Range 3
The Story in the Stone 4
A Brief Human History 8
Planning Your Hike 11
Public Land Jurisdiction 13
Mountain Hazards 15
Mountain Etiquette 21
How to Use This Guide 24
The Hikes
Northern Gold Country 29
1 Orovillc's North Table Mountain 30
2 Jamison Lake 35
3 Eureka Peak 39
4 Sierra Buttes 42
5 Halls Ranch Trail to Fiddle Creek 46
6 Humbug Trail to the Yuba River 49
7 Jones Bar Loop 53
8 Point Defiance Loop 57
9 Spenccville to Shingle Falls 61
10 Empire Mine Loop 05
11 Cascade Canal 70
12 South Yuba River Trail 73
13 The Quarry Trail Loop 77
14 The Cool to Canyon Loop 81
15 Otter Creek Trail to Volcanoville 83
16 Coloma Loop 86
17 The Last Chance Trail to Swinging Bridge 90
18 American River Canyon Trek 95
Honorable Mentions
A Big Chico Creek 99
B Yellow Creek Trail 99
C Bald Rock 100
D Frazier Falls 100
E Sand Pond Trail 101
F Malakoff Diggins 101
G Independence Trail East 101
H Nevada City Trails 102
I Gold Bug Park, Placerville 102
Southern Gold Country 103
19 The Mokelumne River Trail to Middle Bar 104
20 Independence Flat Loop 108
21 The Upper Natural Bridge of Calaveras County 110
22 Tuolumne Table Mountain 113
23 Red Hills Loop 117
24 Merced River Trail 121
25 Hite Cove 124
Honorable Mentions
J Lake Camanche Trails 128
K Indian Grinding Rock State Park 129
L Knights Ferry 129
M Columbia State Historic Park 129
Around Lake Tahoe 131
26 Glacier Lake 132
27 Loch Leven Lakes 135
28 Historic Donner Pass 139
29 Tinker Knob 145
30 Alpine Meadows to Squaw Valley 150
31 The Ophir Creek Trail from Tahoe Meadows 153
32 Meeks Bay to Crag Lake 157
33 Rubicon Trail from Emerald Bay to Lester Beach 160
34 Mount Tallac 104
35 Hawley Grade 168
36 Lake Aloha 171
37 Lovers Leap 175
38 Round Lake 178
39 Carson Pass to Winnemucca, Round Top, and Fourth of July Lakes 182
40 Charity Valley to Hot Springs Valley 186
Honorable Mentions
N Eagle Lake 190
O Cascade Falls 190
P Rainbow Trail 190
Q Sand Point "Nature Trail 192
Along the Ebbetts Pass Road 193
41 Calaveras South Grove 194
42 Wheeler Lake 199
43 Bull Run Lake 203
44 Ebbetts Pass to the Hoodoos above Eagle Creek 206
45 Noble Lake 210
Honorable Mention
R Inspiration Point 212
Along the Sonora Pass Road 213
46 West Side Railroad Trail to the Tuolumne North Fork 214
47 Burst Rock Trail to Chewing Gum Lake 218
48 Disaster Creek Trail 222
49 Sonora Pass to Latopie Lake 226
50 Leavitc Meadow to Fremont Lake 229
Honorable Mentions
S Trail of the Gargoyles 233
T Columns of the Giants 233
U Sonora Pass Vista 233
Around Yosemiter 235
51 Preston Falls 236
52 Little Nellie Falls 239
53 Yosemite Falls 242
54 Finding Solitude, Scenery, and Lore in Eastern Yosemite Valley 246
55 Vernal and Nevada Falls 253
56 Sentinel Dome, the Fissures, and Taft Point 259
57 Chilnualna Falls 263
58 Clouds Rest 266
59 Cathedral Lakes 270
60 Lembert Dome 274
61 Glen Aulin and Waterwheel Falls 278
62 Gaylor Lakes and the Great Sierra Mine 283
63 Bennettville 287
64 Twenty Lakes Basin 289
Honorable Mentions
V Rockefeller Grove of Sugar Pines 293
W Tuolumne Meadows Stroll 293
Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and the Southern Sierra 295
65 San Joaquin River Gorge 296
66 George Lake 299
67 Florence Lake to Evolution Valley 302
68 Boole Tree 307
69 Yucca Point Trail 311
70 Mist Falls 314
71 Deadmnn Canyon Backpack Trip 318
72 Heather Lake via the Watchtower 324
73 Giant Forest to Bearpaw Meadow 327
74 Bearpaw Meadow to Hamilton Lake 331
75 Bearpaw Meadow to Tamarack Lake 333
76 Bearpaw Meadow to Redwood Meadow 335
77 Kawcah River Rail 337
78 Freeman Creek Trail 341
79 Needles Lookout 345
80 Johnsondale Bridge Hike 349
81 Remington Ridge Trail to Lightner Peak 353
Honorable Mentions
X Boyden Cavern 357
Y Grant Grove 357
Z Muir Grow 358
AA Moro Rock 338
BB Tharps Log 309
CC Nelson Trail 360
DD Dome Rock 360
EE Trail of 100 Giants 361
FF Presidents Trail 362
Eastern Sierra: High Great Basin 363
82 Snodgrass Creek to the Soda Cone 364
83 Llewellyn Falls Loop 368
84 Through the Roughs to Kirkwood Pass 371
85 Barney, Robinson, and Crown Lakes 376
86 Virginia Lakes 380
87 Lundy to Lake Canyon 383
88 Black Point Fissures 386
89 Panum Crater 390
90 Up Dragons Back to Seven Lakes Point 393
91 Duck Lake 396
92 Minaret Summit Ridge 399
93 Shadow and Ediza Lakes 402
94 Rainbow Falls via Devils Postpile 405
Honorable Mentions
GG South Tufa Trail 409
HH Hot Creek Gorge 410
II Barrett and TJ Lakes 411
JJ Crystal Lake 412
KK Mammoth Consolidated Mine 412
Eastern Sierra: Owens Valley 413
95 Little Lakes Valley to Gem Lakes 414
96 Lower Rock Creek Can von 417
97 Muir Pass via Bishop Pass 420
98 The Little Loop from Glacier Lodge 424
99 Big Pine Lakes Basin 427
100 Glacier Lodge to Brained Lake 430
101 Methuselah National Recreation Trail 432
102 White Mountain Peak 436
103 Whitney Portal Natural Arch 440
104 Mount Whitney Trail to Lone Pine Lake 444
Honorable Mentions
LL Owens River Gorge 447
MM Alabama Hills Natural Arches Trail 447
NN Pinyon Pine Loop 447
OO Patriarch Grove of Bristlecone Pines 448
PP Fossil Falls 449
About the Author 450
