Elizabeth Wenk

John Muir Trail Data Book (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Get this condensed version of the guidebook John Muir Trail, featuring only the data sectionsperfect for the pack-weight-conscious hiker or backpacker.

Mileages, campsites, and resupply data, this light-weight and efficient data book strips away the author's trail descriptions and natural history information and presents the essential data for the 220-mile John Muir Trail (JMT), from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney and onward to Whitney Portal. Whether you're hiking the entire JMT or just sections of it, your first step begins with this guide by Sierra Nevada expert Elizabeth Lizzy Wenk.

The cut-to-the-chase handbook splits the trail into 13 sections. Each section offers easy-to-read maps and tables of data, giving you the details you need to design your own trip in advance or as you explore the JMT.

Inside you'll find

• Trail junction locations and distances between junctions (for southbound and northbound routes)
• Comprehensive table of campsites
• Elevation profiles for each section
• Maps of Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, and Lone Pine
• 17 topographic maps plus panoramic photographs
• Pre-trip planning information about food resupplies, transportation, and permits

This abbreviated version of John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America's Most Famous Trail is designed to lighten your pack while providing everything you need to know along the way!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilderness Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781643590943
• Artikelnr.: 64147413

Autorenporträt

From childhood, Elizabeth Lizzy Wenk has hiked and climbed in the Sierra Nevada with her family. Since she started college, she has found excuses to spend every summer in the Sierra, with its beguiling landscape, abundant flowers, and near-perfect weather.

One interest lies in biological research, and she worked first as a research assistant for others and then completed her own PhD thesis research on the effects of rock type on alpine plant distribution and physiology. However, much of the time, she hikes simply for leisure. Obsessively wanting to explore every bit of the Sierra, she has hiked thousands of on- and off-trail miles and climbed more than 600 peaks in the mountain range. Many of her wanderings are now directed to gather data for several Wilderness Press titles and to introduce her two young daughters to the wonders of the mountains. For them as well, the Sierra, and especially Yosemite, has become a favorite location.

Although she will forever consider Bishop, California, home, Lizzy is currently living in Sydney, Australia, with her husband, Douglas, and daughters, Eleanor and Sophia. There she is working as a research fellow at Macquarie University and enjoying Australia's exquisite eucalyptus forests, vegetated slot canyons, and wonderful birdlifeexcept during the Northern Hemisphere summer, which she continues to spend exploring the Sierra.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Planning Your Hike
Topographic Maps
Yosemite Valley to Whitney Portal
1. Happy Isles to Tuolumne-Mariposa County Line
2. Tuolumne-Mariposa County Line to Donohue Pass
3. Donohue Pass to Island Pass
4. Island Pass to Madera-Fresno County Line
5. Madera-Fresno County Line to Silver Pass
6. Silver Pass to Selden Pass
7. Selden Pass to Muir Pass
8. Muir Pass to Mather Pass
9. Mather Pass to Pinchot Pass
10. Pinchot Pass to Glen Pass
11. Glen Pass to Forester Pass
12. Forester Pass to Trail Crest
13. Trail Crest to Whitney Portal
Panoramas
Campsites
Ranger Stations and Emergency Numbers
Food-Storage Boxes (Bear Boxes)
JMT Lateral Trails
About the Author