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A
Abbey, Edward, 92
Adams, Ansel, 109, 141, 143
Advice, hiking, 16-17
Agua Dulce, CA, 82, 95, 97
Air pollution, 158
Aliens, illegal, 25
Alleopathy, 56–57
Along the Pacific Crest Trail (Berger and Smith), 16
Alpine gardens, 158–160, 229–230, 290
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, 273–274, 278–280
ALPS (Alpine Lakes Protection Society), 279
Altitude sickness, 130–131
Amigos de Anza, 32–33
Amtrak, 298
Angeles Crest Scenic Byway, 68, 74, 75, 78
Animal Dreams (Kingsolver), 56
Anza, CA, 42, 63
Anza-Borrego Desert, 22, 24, 35–36, 41, 55; State Park, 29–31
Appalachian Trail, 10, 11, 20, 264
Ashland, OR, 198, 211–212
Ashland to Willamette Pass, 199, 201; hiking information, 210–212; map, 200; route, 201–204; what you’ll see, 204–210
Astor, John Jacob, 218 California Atlas and Gazetteer (DeLorme), 96
B
Baden-Powell, Robert, 75
Ballard, Charles H., 294
Ballard, Guy W., 183
Banner RV Park, 42
Barbour, Michael, 45
Barlow, Samuel K., 231
Barlow Pass and Road, 231
Bears, 14, 102, 120–122, 143–144
Belden, CA, 168, 177–178, 186
Belden-Longville Stage Coach Line, 177
Belden to Castella, 174–175; hiking information, 185–187; map, 175; route, 175–177; what you’ll see, 177–185
Belknap lava bed, 213, 216, 218
Bend, OR, 222
Berry Mountain, 246
Big Bear City, CA, 50, 63, 79
Big Bear to Soledad Canyon Road: hiking information, 77–78; map, 64; route, 65–68; what you’ll see, 69–77
Bighorn Plateau, 117–118
Big Lava Bed, 245
Biker festival, 186
Blackberry bushes, 191
Blake, W. P., 60
Bogue, Virgil, 267
Border patrol, 25
Boulder Oaks Campground, 41
Boy Scouts, 75
Bridge of the Gods, 240, 243–245
Bridgeport, CA, 162–163
Bucks Lake Resort, 173
Bull Run Watershed, 234
Bureau of Land Management, 48–49, 62, 102, 201
Burney, CA, 187
Burney, Samuel, 184
Burney Falls, 184
Butterfield, John, 30
Butterfield Stage, 30, 38
C
Cacti, 33–35, 55
Cajon Pass, 58, 67, 69–70, 73, 79
California: Aqueduct, 83, 87; Conservation Corps, 11; Desert Protection Act of 1994, 104; mountain ranges, 27–28, 43; Wilderness Act of 1984, 195
California Deserts, The (Jaeger), 60
Campo, CA, 41
Campo to Pines-to-Palms Highway, 19–20; hiking information, 39–42; map, 18; route, 20–24; what you’ll see, 24–39
Canada, 19, 203, 296–297, 298
Carson, Kit, 38, 155
Carson–Iceberg Wilderness, 147, 149, 151
Cascade Crest Trail, 10, 11, 239
Cascade Locks, OR, 256–257; City Park, 228
Cascade Locks to White Pass, 239; hiking information, 255–257; map, 238; route, 240–242; what you’ll see, 242–254
Cascade Range, 177, 189; volcanoes, 179, 204–205, 206–208. See also Ashland to Willamette Pass; Belden to Castella; Cascade Locks to White Pass; Santiam Pass to Cascade Locks; White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass Castella, CA, 197
Castella to Ashland, 188–189; hiking information, 195–198; map, 189; route, 190–192; what you’ll see, 192–195
Castle Crags, 192–193; State Park, 189, 190
Catclaw, 55–56
Cell phones, 17, 109
Chaparral, 14, 20–21, 70–71
Clarke, Clinton, 9, 10, 11, 157, 174, 203, 229, 274
Colorado Desert, 45, 46, 55–57
Columbia River, 243, 244, 245, 251
Compass directions, 16
Condemnation, 85
Conifers, 29, 46, 52–54, 119, 158; Coulter, 39; Jeffrey, 27; limber, 76; pinyon, 104
Coulter pines, 39
Coyotes, 93–94
Crampons warning, 128
Crater Lake, OR, 206–208, 212; National Park, 201, 203
Creosote, 55, 56–57
Crescent Lake, OR, 221
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 28–29
D
Dean, Wade, 250
de Anza, Juan Bautista, 29; expedition of, 31–33, 69
Deep Creek Hot Springs, 69
Desert, 45; plants, 33–35, 55–57. See also Mojave Desert; Sonoran Desert
Desert Divide, 46
Desolation Wilderness, 147, 151, 171
Devils Postpile National Monument, 109, 135, 139–140, 266
Diamond Lake Resort, 203–204, 212
Diamond Peak Wilderness, 204
Digueño Indians, 25
Diversity, ecological, 51–52. See also Ecological zones
Dogs, traveling with, 197
Donner Pass, 156–157
Donner Pass to Belden, 164–165; hiking information, 171–173; map, 165; route, 165–168; what you’ll see, 168–171
Douglas, William O., 185, 242, 247, 251, 261, 263–264, 268, 276, 283, 288
Dryer, Thomas J., 250
Dunsmuir, CA, 197
Dust devils, 88–89
E
Eagle Creek Trail, 226–228
East to Katahdin (Douglas), 264
Ebbetts, John, 153
Ecological zones, 26–27, 48, 50, 52, 76, 230
Ecology: High Sierra, 117–118; North Cascades, 289–290; southern California, 51–52
Edwards Air Force Base, 101
Elk Lake Resort, 222
El Niño, 62
Emergencies, snakebite, 38. See also Warnings
Emigrant Wilderness, 138
Equipment. See specific hikes, hiking information
Essentials, hiking, 17
Estacada, OR, 236
Etna, CA, 197–198
F
Fages, Pedro, 31
Fair, Jack, 95
Fairy rings, 57
Feather River, 164, 168–169
Feet, swelling of, 40–41
Fish Lake Resort, 212
Flora/fauna: High Sierra, 119, 120–124; North Cascades, 289–292; San Bernardino National Forest, 51–52; San Jacinto Mountains, 52–55. See also Conifers; Desert plants; Joshua trees; Wildflowers
Forests: adaptation of, 52–54; Cascade Range, 184–185; old-growth, 285, 289, 290–292
Fremont, James, 88, 105
Fremont, John C., 155–156, 157
G
Garlock Fault, 88, 100, 101
General Sherman tree, 53
Gifford Peak, 246
Glacier Peak, 274, 284–285, 288–289, 290; Wilderness, 280, 283, 296
Glaciers, 114–118, 170, 229, 232, 241, 249, 264, 274, 287
Goat Rocks Wilderness, 239, 241, 242, 251–253, 266
Goats, mountain, 251, 253
Golden Spike ceremony, 11, 85
Gold rush, 29, 169–170. See also Mining
Gopher, pocket, 124
Granite Chief Wilderness, 147, 151
Granite Mountain, 23
Gray, Robert, 243
Grazing, livestock, 94–95, 160
Great Basin Desert, 45
Greyhound Bus, 281, 298
H
Halfway point, 175, 185
Harris, Stephen, 249, 288
Hart, Del, 293–294
Harts Pass, 293–294
Hat Creek Rim, 176, 181
Hazard, Joseph, 10, 147, 266
Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, 283
High Sierra, 152; ecology, 117–118; forests, 119. See also Kennedy Meadows to Reds Meadow; Reds Meadow to Sonora Pass
Hikes, short: Ashland to Willamette Pass, 211; Belden to Castella, 186; Big Bear to Soledad Canyon Road, 78; Campo to Pines-to-Palms Highway, 41; Cascade Locks to White Pass, 256; Castella to Ashland, 197; Donner Pass to Belden, 172; Kennedy Meadows to Reds Meadow, 129–130; Pines-to-Palms Highway to Big Bear, 62–63; Reds Meadow to Sonora Pass, 146; Santiam Pass to Cascade Locks, 235–236; Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass, 281; Soledad Canyon Road to Tehachapi Pass, 96; Sonora Pass to Donner Pass, 161–162; Stevens Pass to Manning Provincial Park, Canada, 297; Tehachapi Pass to Kennedy Meadows, 107; White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass, 270; Willamette Pass to Santiam Pass, 221
Hiking Information, 15–16. See also specific hikes
Hill, Mary, 177
Honey mesquite, 55, 56
Horses, 268–269
Huckleberries, 240, 246–247, 255
I
Ice axes, 45, 62, 127, 145, 183, 233, 235, 241, 250, 256, 265, 280
Idyllwild, CA, 47, 48, 63
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), 25
Independence, CA, 133
Indian Heaven Wilderness, 240, 245–246
Indian myths and legends, 232–233, 243–244, 253–254. See also Native Americans
Insects. See Mosquitoes
Inyokern, CA, 131
J
Jackass Mail System, 30
Jaeger, Edmund, 60
Jardine, Ray, 121
Jefferson Park, 229–230
Jeffrey pines, 27
John Muir Trail, 10, 11, 111–112, 113, 132, 135–136, 143
Joshua trees, 61, 83, 88, 89–91
Journey on the Crest (Ross), 16
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, 32
K
Kamp Anza Kampground, 42
Kawaiisu people, 88
Kelly, Hall Jackson, 253
Kennedy Hot Springs, 289
Kennedy Meadows to Reds
Meadow, 109–110; hiking information, 126–133; map, 108; route, 110–114; what you’ll see, 114–126
King, Clarence, 115, 125, 183
Kingsolver, Barbara, 56
Kinney, Milt, 197
Klamath Mountains, 174–175, 193–195, 204. See also Castella to Ashland
Klickitat Indians, 250, 253
Kumeya’ay people, 29
L
Laguna Mountains, 25–28, 43
Lake Chelan, 287, 292–293; National Recreation Area, 286
Lake Hughes, CA, 82, 97
Lake Morena County Park, 21, 26, 41
Lakeshore, CA, 133
Lake Tahoe, 155–156, 157–158
Lassen, Peter, 178
Lassen Volcanic National Park, 174–175, 176, 179
Lava beds, 213, 215–216, 218, 245
Lemurians, 183
Leopold, Aldo, 10
Lewis and Clark, 228
Limber pines, 76
Logging, 167–168, 184–185, 192, 234, 261, 263, 267, 271, 279, 292
Lone Pine, CA, 111, 125, 131–132
Longmire, David, 267
Los Angeles, CA, 50, 58, 75, 83, 86–87; Aqueduct, 83, 86–87, 96
M
MacKaye, Benton, 10
Mail drops, 211
Man and Wilderness (Douglas), 242, 288
McArthur, Frank, 184
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, 184
McClellan, George R., 277
McKee, Bates, 205
McKenzie, Donald, 218
McKenzie Pass, 218
McLoughlin, John, 205
Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia, 19, 203, 296–297, 298
Maps, 13; Ashland to Willamette Pass, 200; Belden to Castella, 175; Big Bear to Soledad Canyon Road, 64; Campo to Pines-to-Palms Highway, 18; Cascade Locks to White Pass, 238; Castella to Ashland, 189; Donner Pass to Belden, 165; Kennedy Meadows to Reds Meadow, 108; Pines-to-Palms Highway to Big Bear, 44; Reds Meadow to Sonora Pass, 134; Santiam Pass to Cascade Locks, 224; Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass, 275; Soledad Canyon Road to Tehachapi Pass, 80; Sonora Pass to Donner Pass, 148; Stevens Pass to Manning Provincial Park, Canada, 282; Tehachapi Pass to Kennedy Meadows, 98; White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass, 258; Willamette Pass to Santiam Pass, 214
Marble Mountain Wilderness, 189, 190, 194
Markleeville, CA, 163
Marmots, 122–124
Marshall, Bob, 10
Matterhorn peaks, 209, 216, 217, 218, 228
Mazamas, 233, 279
Mazama Village and Campground, 212
Medford, OR, 212
Mexico-U.S. border region, 19, 24–25
Mileages, 15
Mining, 88, 250, 277, 293–294; gold, 23, 29, 30, 31, 169–170, 178
Modoc Plateau, 181
Mojave, CA, 107
Mojave Desert, 45, 51, 61, 65, 87–88, 100; wildflowers, 91–92. See also Soledad Canyon Road to Tehachapi Pass
Mokelumne Wilderness, 147, 151
Mono Lake, 86, 87
Montgomery, Catherine, 10
Monuments, 19–20
Mormon Battalion, 38, 69
Mormon Rocks, 73–74
Mormon settlers, 69, 89, 155
Mosquitoes, 144, 172, 210, 220, 255, 261, 269, 294, 295
Mount Adams, 228, 239, 247–250, 253; Wilderness, 241
Mountain goats, 251, 253
Mountain passes, 152–157, 266–268, 277, 293–294
Mountain, sacred, 183 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (King), 115
Mountaineers, The, 279
Mount Ashland, 194
Mount Baden-Powell, 65, 75–76
Mount Baker, 253, 274, 294
Mount Hood, 206, 223, 231–232, 233, 253, 275; National Forest, 225–226
Mount Jefferson, 223, 228–229; Wilderness, 223, 225
Mount Laguna, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 42
Mount Lassen, 100, 171, 176, 178–181, 205
Mount Lyell, 136
Mount McLoughlin, 203, 205–206
Mount Mazama, 206–207, 288
Mount Rainier, 182, 239, 242, 243, 253; National Park, 259, 261, 264–266
Mount St. Helens, 205, 207, 239, 250–251, 253; National Volcanic Monument, 179
Mount Shasta, 182–183, 205
Mount Shastina, 182
Mount Tehama, 181
Mount Thielsen, 209–210; Wilderness, 204
Mount Washington, 216, 218, 220, 228
Mount Whitney, 100, 102, 111, 112, 119, 124–126, 132, 135
Muir, John, 48, 70, 73, 74, 109, 114, 115, 125, 126, 137, 141–142, 143, 160, 177, 182, 183, 231–232
Muir Ranch, 114, 133
Mulholland, William, 86
N
Naches, WA, 270
National Park Service, 13, 39,179, 207, 279; bear regulations, 122
National Trail Systems Act, 9, 11, 85
Native Americans, 25, 30, 86, 88, 104, 105, 182, 194, 208, 246–247, 250, 266, 276, 293. See also Indian myths and legends
Noble, William H., 178
Norse Peak Wilderness, 259, 261, 263
North Cascades, 274–277, 296; Conservation Council, 279; ecology, 289–290; National Park, 279, 287, 293. See also Cascade Range; Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass; Stevens Pass to Manning Provincial Park, Canada
O
Of Man and Mountains (Douglas), 268
Olallie Lake Resort, 236
Olancha Peak, 102
Old-growth forests, 285, 289, 290–292
Old Station, CA, 186
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 140, 143
Onyx, CA, 107
Oregon Desert, 203, 208–209
Oregonian, The, 250
Oregon Trail, 267
Oriflamme Mountain, 29
P
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. See Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)
Pacific Crest Trail, The, Volumes 1 and 2 (Wilderness Press), 12–13, 15, 96
Pacific Crest Trail Association, 11–12, 15; hot line, 12, 40 Pacific Crest Trail Data Book, 15
Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), 9–11, 84–85, 171; hotline, 83
Palmer, Joel, 231
Palmer, Tim, 177
PCT Hiker’s Handbook (Jardine), 121
Permits, 14, 15, 126, 132, 135–136, 145–146, 281
Pierce, E. D., 183
Pikas, 122–124
Pinchot, Gifford, 10
Pines-to-Palms Highway to Big Bear, 43, 45; hiking information, 61–63; map, 44; route, 45–50; what you’ll see, 51–61
Pine trees. See Conifers; Forests
Pinyon pine, 104
Poison oak, 71–73
Preuss, Charles, 155
R
Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. (RMI), 265, 266
Rain-shadow effect, 27–28, 118, 294
Rattlesnakes, 14, 36–38, 93
Red firs, 184–185
Reds Meadow to Sonora Pass: hiking information, 144–146; map, 134; route, 135–138; what you’ll see, 139–144
Reptiles, 93
Resupplies and trailheads: Ashland to Willamette Pass, 211–212; Belden to Castella, 186–187; Big Bear to Soledad Canyon Road, 79; Campo to Pines-to-Palms Highway, 41–42; Cascade Locks to White Pass, 256–257; Castella to Ashland, 197–198; Donner Pass to Belden, 172–173; Kennedy Meadows to Reds Meadow, 131–133; Pines-to-Palms Highway to Big Bear, 63; Reds Meadow to Sonora Pass, 146; Santiam Pass to Cascade Locks, 236–237; Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass, 281; Soledad Canyon Road to Tehachapi Pass, 97; Sonora Pass to Donner Pass, 162–163; Stevens Pass to Manning Provincial Park, Canada, 298; Tehachapi Pass to Kennedy Meadows, 107; White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass, 270–271; Willamette Pass to Santiam Pass, 221–222
Rogers, Warren, 10, 11
Roosevelt, Theodore, 143, 184
Ross, Alexander, 276
Ross, Cindy, 16
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, 293
Route, 13–14. See also specific hikes
Russian Wilderness, 189, 190
S
Sacred places, 183, 208
San Andreas Fault, 48, 57–59, 62, 73, 74, 88, 100
San Bernardino Mountains, 43, 45, 47, 49–50, 51–52, 55, 61, 62
San Diego, CA, 41
San Felipe Hills, 23
San Francisco, CA, 31, 32, 58, 59, 169–170
San Francisquito Ranger Station, 97
San Gabriel Mountains, 43, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74–75, 78, 82
San Gorgonio Pass, 48, 49, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 87
San Gorgonio Peak, 48, 50
San Jacinto Mountains, 43, 45–50, 57, 61, 62; flora/fauna, 52–55
San Jacinto Peak, 47; Aerial Tramway, 52
San Joaquin River Trail, 136
San Pelona Mountains, 82
Santiam Pass to Cascade Locks: hiking information, 234–237; map, 224; route, 223–228; what you’ll see, 228–234
Sawtooth Huckleberry Fields, 240, 246–247
Sawtooth Mountain, 246
Schaffer, Jeffrey, 177
Scorpions, 92–93
Seattle, WA, 279, 281, 298
Seiad Valley, CA, 198
Sequoia National Park, 53
Shakespeare Festival, 211
Shelter Cove Resort, 221
Sierra Buttes Fire Tower, 164, 170–171
Sierra City, CA, 173
Sierra Club, 49, 142, 143, 167, 279
Sierra Nevada, 99–100; end of, 177. See also High Sierra; Sonora Pass to Donner Pass; Tehachapi Pass to Kennedy Meadows
Sierra Nevada, The: A Mountain Journey (Palmer), 177
Silver Moccasin Trail, 75
Silverwood Lake State Park, 67, 79
Siskiyou Mountains, 194
Sisters, OR, 222
Skykomish, WA, 298
Sky Lakes Wilderness, 201, 203
Skyline Trail, 10, 11, 199, 236, 239
Smith, Bart, 16
Smith, Jedediah, 105, 153, 155
Snakebite, 38
Snakes. See Rattlesnakes
Snoqualmie Pass, WA, 277, 281
Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass, 272–273; hiking information, 280–281; map, 275; route, 273–274; what you’ll see, 274–280
Snow: plants, 54–55; warning, 221; See also specific hikes
Soda Springs, CA, 163
Soledad Canyon, 77, 97
Soledad Canyon Road to Tehachapi Pass, 81–82; hiking information, 95–97; map, 80; route, 82–84; what you’ll see, 84–95
Solomons, Theodore, 139
Sonoran Desert, 45, 55, 61. See also Desert
Sonora Pass to Donner Pass, 147; hiking information, 161–163; map, 148; route, 149–152; what you’ll see, 152–160
South Fork Kern River, 105–106
South Lake Tahoe, CA, 163
Southwest Rural County Transit System, 41
Stanislaus National Forest, 158
Stehekin, WA, 292–293, 297, 298
Stevens, Hazard, 265
Stevens, John F., 277
Stevens Pass, 277
Stevens Pass to Manning Provincial Park, Canada, 283–284; hiking information, 294–298; map, 282; route, 284–287; what you’ll see, 287–294
Stream crossings, 106, 112, 128–129, 191; warning, 234, 241
Summit Valley Country Store, 78
Sutter, John, 169
Sweathouse of the Gods, 178. See also Mount Lassen
T
Table Mountain, 245
Tahquitz Peak, 47
Tehachapi, CA, 107
Tehachapi Mountains, 83
Tehachapi Pass to Kennedy Meadows, 99–100; hiking information, 106–107; map, 98; route, 101–103; what you’ll see, 103–106
Tejon Ranch, 84, 85–86
Three Fingered Jack, 228
Three Sisters Wilderness, 213, 215, 216–217
Thru-hikers. See specific hikes, hiking information
Timberline Lodge, OR, 233–234, 236–237
Toponyms, 29, 253, 261, 267, 284
Tortoise, desert, 93
Townsend, Chris, 259, 261
Treasures of the Yosemite (Muir), 142
Tree line, 26–27, 201, 241, 275; See also Forests
Trinity Alps Wilderness, 189, 190, 194, 195
Tuolumne Meadows, CA, 137, 143, 146
U
U. S. Forest Service, 13, 45, 62, 75, 82, 102, 172, 176, 195, 230, 239, 250, 279, 296
V
Vancouver, George, 253, 265
Van Trump, Phillmon, 265
Vermilion Valley Resort, 114, 133
Volcan Mountains, 23
Volcanoes, 178–181, 182–183, 199; Cascade Range, 204–205, 206–208; Mount Hood, 231–232; Three Sisters, 216–217; Washington, 245–246, 249, 250–251, 264–265, 274, 288–289
W
Walker, Joseph R., 105, 155
Walker Pass, 105
Walong Loop Railroad, 103
Warm Springs Indian Reservation, 225, 229, 230
Warner, Jonathan, 38
Warner Springs, CA, 23–24, 38–39, 42
Warnings: crampons, 128; hot-spring amoeba, 69; lightning, 210; Mount Hood, 233; Mount McLoughlin, 206; Mount Whitney, 124; poison oak, 73; snow, 221; stream crossings, 234, 241; thru-hiking permits, 145–146; water, 66, 67–68, 110–111, 190, 240, 242
Washoe people, 157
Water: advice, 40; desert plants and, 33–35; lack of, 21, 100, 138, 203, 215, 263, 273; Mojave Desert, 81–82; purification, 161, 192, 195; quantity, 77–78, 95, 176, 185; sources, 22–23, 28–29, 30, 46, 48, 50, 83, 102, 106, 216; warnings, 66, 67–68, 110–111, 190, 240, 242
Weather, 27–28, 159; High Sierra, 118; Washington, 242–243
Web site, Pacific Crest Trail Association, 12
White, Charles W., 266
White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass, 259–261; hiking information, 269–271; map, 258; route, 261–263; what you’ll see, 263–269
Whitney, Josiah Dwight, 114–115, 126
Wilderness Act of 1964, 195, 279
Wilderness Press, 12, 96
Wildflowers, 35–36, 87, 88, 91–92, 255, 268; alpine gardens, 229–230; Sonora Pass to Donner Pass, 158–160. See also Flora/fauna
Wildlife, 29, 92–94, 104. See also Flora/fauna
Willamette Pass to Santiam Pass:
William O. Douglas Wilderness, 259, 261, 262, 263–264, 269
Windmill farms, 60–61, 104
Winthrop, Theodore, 266
Wolf lichen, 184
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 233
Wrightwood, CA, 68, 74, 79
Y
Yakima Tribe, 247
Yapoah lava bed, 213, 215, 218
Yellowstone National Park, 179
Yosemite National Park, 112, 135, 136–138, 140–141, 143, 145–146