Michel Digonnet

Mojave Desert Peaks

Hiking the Crown of the California Desert

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Produktbeschreibung

This guide showcases 130 peak hikes/climbs selected among 41 mountain ranges in California's Mojave Desert.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilderness Press
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 811g
• ISBN-13: 9780965917889
• ISBN-10: 0965917886
• Artikelnr.: 54802551

Autorenporträt

Michel Digonnet is a professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area and has dedicated a good fraction of his spare time to exploring the deserts of California and the Southwest. He has authored three outdoors books on the California Desert. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
About This Book
1. Geography and Climate
* Boundary
* Topography
* Legacy
* Conservancy
* Human Developments
* Climate
2. Natural History
* Geology
* Botany
* Wildlife
3. Cultural History
* Native American History
* Mining History
4. Safety Tips, Regulations, and Ethics
* Backcountry Driving
* Hiking and Climbing Tips
* Desert Hazards
* Regulations
* Wilderness Ethics
5. Northern Mojave Desert
1. Nopah Range
* Pahrump Peak
* Noon Peak
2. Kingston Range and Avawatz Mountains
* Kingston Peak
* Avawatz Peak
3. Grapevine Mountains
* Mount Palmer
* Thimble Peak
* Death Valley Buttes
4. Funeral Mountains
* Chloride Cliff
* Nevares Peak
* Pyramid Peak
5. Black Mountains
* Red Cathedral
* Mount Perry
* Coffin Peak
* Ashford Peak
* Desert Hound Peak
6. Last Chance Range
* Last Chance Mountain
* Lead Peak
* Ubehebe Peak
7. Cottonwood Mountains
* Tin Mountain
* White Top Mountain
* Leaning Rock
* Lost Burro Peak
* Hunter Mountain
* Towne Peak
8. Panamint Mountains
* Wildrose Peak
* Telescope Peak
* Sentinel Peak
* Slims Peak
* Porter Peak
* Striped Butte
* Needle Peak
9. Owlshead Mountains
* Con Peak
* Spring Peak
* Owl Peak
6. Eastern Mojave Desert
10. Mountains and Piute Range
* Hart Peak
* Ute Peak
11. Woods Mountains and Hackberry Mountain
* Woods Mountain
* Hackberry Mountain and Guitar Mountain
12. New York Mountains
* Castle Peaks
* New York Peak
* Pinto Mountain
13. Mid Hills
* Eagle Rocks
* Table Mountain
14. Providence Mountains
* Barber Peak
* Fountain Peak
* Providence Peak
15. Granite Mountains
* Silver Peak
* Granite Mountain
16. Clark Mountain Range
* Alaska Hill
* Clark Mountain
17. Ivanpah Mountains
* Kokoweef Peak
* Striped Mountain
* Kessler Peak
18. Cima Dome
* Teutonia Peak
* Cima Dome
* Mount Hephestus
19. Cowhole Mountains
* Little Cowhole Mountain
* Cowhole Mountain
20. Sacramento Mountains and Chemehuevi Mountains
* Eagle Peak
* Chemehuevi Peak
21. Stepladder and Old Woman Mountains
* Stepladder Mountain
* Old Woman Mountain
* Old Woman Statue
22. Marble Mountains
* Castle Peak
* Marble Peak
23. Cady Mountains
* Cady Peak
* Sleeping Beauty
7. Southern Mojave Desert
24. Ord Mountains
* West Ord Mountain
* East Ord Mountain
25. San Bernardino Mountains
* Bighorn Mountain
* Chaparrosa Peak
26. Little San Bernardino Mountains
* Warren Peak
* Eureka Peak
* Quail Mountain
* Inspiration Peak
* Ryan Mountain
* Lost Horse Mountain
27. Wonderland of Rocks
* Keys Peak
* Queen Mountain
* Joshua Mountain
28. Hexie Mountains
* Malapai Hill
* Lela Peak
* Monument Mountain
29. Pinto Mountains
* Twentynine Palms Mountain
* Pinto Mountain
30. Sheep Hole Mountains
* Sheep Hole Mountain
* Stifle Peak
8. Western Mojave Desert
31. Coso Range
* Silver Mountain
* Jurassic Peak and Scattered Bone Peak
32. Argus Range
* Ophir Mountain and Darwin Peak
* Zinc Hill
* Lookout Mountain
* Mine Peak
33. Slate Range
* Slate Point and Empasse Peak
* Searles Peak
34. El Paso Mountains
* El Paso Peaks
* Black Mountain
35. Lava Mountains and Fremont Peak Range
* Klinker Mountain
* Red Mountain
* Fremont Peak
Bibliography
Summary Table of Climbs
Index