The Pacific Crest Trail - National Scenic Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail was established as one of the first National Scenic Trails in 1968 and formally dedicated in 1993. This marked the completion of the Nations longest continuous footpath. The Pacific Crest Trail is a wilderness footpath that covers 2650 miles across three western states from Mexico to Canada, California to Oregon and across Washington into Canada. The Pacific Crest Trail zigzags across the crest to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. In passing you will see some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The Pacific Crest Trail also includes seven National Parks, twenty-four National Forests, and thirty-three wilderness areas. This long trail has a lot of diversity from the granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada where the elevation is over 11,000 feet to the hot Mojave Desert. From jagged lava flows in central Oregon to the cool forest in northern Washington, The Pacific Crest Trail reveals its beauty of the landscape in all of the west coast including Yosemite National Park and Sequoia National Park in California. Mt. Rainier in Washington Crater Lake and Mt. Hood in Oregon are also along the National Scenic Trail. Higher elevations around Crater Lake get some of the biggest and best snowfalls in the winter. Klamath Falls basks in the 80's during summertime with occasional thunderstorms and plenty of snow in the winter. Hiking along The Pacific Crest Trail takes about 6 months to complete. The authors of this book are Ben Schifrin, Ruby Johnson Jenkins and Jeffrey P. Schaffer. Formerly described in the California volume in a 2-book series (the other volume covering the Oregon-Washington part of the trail), the southern California section of the trail (from Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park, south to the Mexican border) now has its own volume. For the northern California portion of the trail see Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California . 372 pages. The Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California (Book) by Ben Schifrin, et al Day Hikes On The Pacific Crest Trail: California (Book) by George Semb and Patricia Semb Volume II, based on contemporary records, offers a broader but no less vivid view of what it was like to go west in 1846 and ... Overland in 1846: Diaries & Letters of the California-Oregon Trail Hiking the California Coastal Trail: Monterey to Mexico

Formerly described in the California volume in a 2-book series (the other volume covering the Oregon-Washington part of the trail), the northern California section of the trail (from Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park, north to the California-Oregon border) now has its own volume. For the southern California portion of the trail see Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California . 362 pages. Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California (Book) by Jeffrey P. Schaffer Bicycling America's National Parks: California: The Best Road and Trail Rides from Joshua Tree to Redwood National Park Describes over 600 miles from Monterey, California, to the Mexican border. Offers easy day hikes as well as extended backpacking trips, including the Big Sur High Route. 320 pages. There is no actual image of this item. The image shown is representative only. The actual item will feature the above title. Hiking California Coastal Trail 2: Monterey-Mexico (Book) by Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols First of two-volume guide to California's newest long distance trail, this one covering the northern half. Has day hikes, short backpacks as well as info for long distance and through-hikes. 320 pages. Hiking California Coastal Trail 1: Oregon-Monterey (Book) by Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols

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