Alan Castle

The John Muir Trail (eBook, ePUB)

Through the Californian Sierra Nevada

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A guidebook to trekking the John Muir Trail (JMT) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mount Whitney and onto the trailhead at Whitney Portal. Covering 348km (216 miles), this long-distance trek through the Sierra Nevada mountains of California takes around 3 weeks to hike and is suitable for hikers with experience in remote high-mountain wilderness.

The route is described from north to south in 21 stages, each between 11 and 26km (716 miles). An optional ascent of Half Dome is also included, which involves some easy scrambling and requires a good head for heights.

• Sketch maps included for the route
• Ascent, descent and distance tables included for all stages
• Lists of camp areas, ranger stations and bear box locations
• Advice on trekking permits, transport to and from the trailheads, equipment, food and supplies, training
• Route travels through 3 national parks: Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cicerone Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783621385
• Artikelnr.: 48566180

Autorenporträt

Alan has trekked and cycled in over 30 countries within Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australasia, and for 17 years led organised walking holidays in several European countries. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he has written 18 guidebooks - several on long-distance mountain routes in France. His longest solo walks include a Grand Traverse of the European Alps between Nice and Vienna (1510 miles), the Pilgrim's Trail from Le Puy to Finisterre (960 miles) and a Coast-to-Coast across the French Pyrenees (540 miles). A Munroist and erstwhile National Secretary and Long Distance Path Information Officer of the Long Distance Walkers Association, Alan now lives at the foot of the Moffat Hills in Scotland, in the heart of the Southern Uplands.