Across Yosemite's Wilderness: A Trailblazing Woman's Career Protecting the Park's Backcountry

Step into Yosemite’s backcountry with trailblazing ranger Laurel Boyers as she shares a life dedicated to protecting wild wonders

Across Yosemite’s Wilderness is a memoir about the life and career of Laurel Boyers—the first woman to serve as the Wilderness Manager in the park’s history. Laurel also became the first woman to do full-time mounted backcountry patrol throughout the almost 95% of the park that is the Yosemite wilderness. This two-part memoir begins with a travelogue of her last m...