Contents
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SIERRA NORTH LOCATOR MAP
GOING HIGH TO GET HIGH
TRIP CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
INTRODUCTION
Updates for the 10th Edition
Care and Enjoyment of the Mountains
Safety and Well-Being
Maps and Profiles
How to Use This Book
I-80 TRIPS
Castle Peak Trailhead
1 Paradise Lake
2 Castle Peak Wilderness Loop
CA 89 TRIPS
Powderhorn Trailhead
3 Bear Pen
4 Barker Pass
Meeks Bay Trailhead
5 Meeks Bay Trailhead to Echo Summit Trailhead
Bayview Trailhead
6 Velma, Fontanillis, and Dicks Lakes
Big Meadow Trailhead
7 Meiss Meadows
Armstrong Pass Trailhead
8 Star Lake
US 50 TRIPS
Twin Lakes Trailhead
9 Island, Tyler, and Gertrude Lakes Loop
Echo Lakes Trailhead
10 Ropi Lake
Echo Summit Trailhead
11 Echo Summit Trailhead to Meiss Meadows Trailhead
CA 88 TRIPS
Silver Lake–Granite Lake Trailhead
12 Long Lake
Thunder Mountain Trailhead
13 Scout Carson Lake
Woods Lake Trailhead
14 Round Top and Winnemucca Lakes
Meiss Meadows Trailhead
15 Showers Lake
Carson Pass Trailhead
16 Fourth of July Lake
Upper Blue Lake–Granite Lake Trailhead
17 Granite and Grouse Lakes
CA 4 TRIPS
Mosquito Lakes Trailhead
18 Heiser and Bull Run Lakes
High Trailhead
19 Wolf Creek Meadows
CA 108 TRIPS
Crabtree Trailhead
20 Bear, Y Meadow, and Chewing Gum Lakes
21 Deer Lake
22 Pingree Lake
23 Huckleberry Lake
Gianelli Cabin Trailhead
24 Y Meadow Lake
25 Wire Lakes
26 Crabtree Trailhead
Kennedy Meadows Trailhead
27 Summit Creek
28 Emigrant Lake and Emigrant Meadow Lake
29 Emigrant Lake, Buck Lakes, and Relief Valley
Sonora Pass Trailhead
30 Big Sam and Grizzly Meadow
31 Pacific Crest Trail to Tuolumne Meadows
Leavitt Meadows Trailhead
32 Fremont Lake
33 Cinko Lake
34 Dorothy Lake
35 Tower Lake
36 Kirkwood Pass and Buckeye Forks
CA 120 TRIPS
Hetch Hetchy Trailhead
37 Wapama Falls and Rancheria Falls
38 Tiltill Valley–Lake Vernon Loop
39 Grand Tour of Northwestern Yosemite
White Wolf Trailhead
40 Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
Ten Lakes Trailhead
41 Ten Lakes Traverse
Yosemite Creek Trailhead
42 Yosemite Creek to Yosemite Valley
May Lake Trailhead
Sunrise Lakes Trailhead
43 Sunrise Lakes and Sunrise High Sierra Camp
44 Clouds Rest Traverse to Yosemite Valley
Murphy Creek Trailhead
Cathedral Lakes Trailhead
45 Upper Cathedral Lake
46 Cathedral Range Circuit
47 Cathedral Lakes, Echo Creek, and Sunrise Creek
48 John Muir Trail to Yosemite Valley
Elizabeth Lake Trailhead
49 Nelson Lake
Glen Aulin Trailhead
50 Young Lakes
51 High Sierra Camp Loop, Northwest Section
Lyell Canyon Trailhead
52 Lyell Canyon
53 Vogelsang High Sierra Camp and Lyell Canyon
54 Lewis Creek and Emeric Lake
55 Triple Peak Fork Merced River
Mono Pass Trailhead
56 Alger Lakes
Saddlebag Lake Trailhead
57 Twenty Lakes Basin Loop
58 Twenty Lakes Basin to Tuolumne Meadows via McCabe Lakes
WESTERN YOSEMITE TRIPS
Wawona Tunnel Trailhead
Yosemite Falls Trailhead
Happy Isles Trailhead
59 Merced Lake
Bridalveil Creek Trailhead
60 Royal Arch, Buena Vista, and Chilnualna Lakes
61 Glacier Point via Buena Vista Pass
Glacier Point Trailheads
62 Pohono Trail
63 Clark Range Circuit
64 Merced River Drainage to Isberg Trailhead
CA 41 TO SOUTH OF YOSEMITE TRIPS
Quartz Mountain Trailhead
65 Chain Lakes
Fernandez and Walton Trailheads
66 Lillian Lake Loop
Isberg Trailhead
67 Cora and Joe Crane Lakes
68 Sadler Lake, Isberg Lakes, and Post Peak Pass
69 Hemlock Crossing
US 395 TRIPS
Corral Valley Trailhead
70 Lower Fish Valley
71 Poison Lake
Buckeye Creek Trailhead
Robinson Creek Trailhead
72 Barney and Peeler Lakes
73 Buckeye Pass and Buckeye Forks
74 Upper Piute Creek
75 Rock Island Pass–Kerrick Meadow–Peeler Lake Loop
76 Benson Lake
77 Benson Lake–Smedberg Lake–Matterhorn Canyon–Mule Pass Loop
Green Creek Trailhead
78 Green Lake and East Lake
Virginia Lakes Trailhead
79 Virginia Lakes and the Green Creek Lakes
80 Virginia Lakes to Twenty Lakes Basin via McCabe Lakes
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