The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails
- Book Review,
by R. J. Secor
From Book News, Inc.
The single, core reference-guide to California's high country. Thirteen regions are presented, with each chapter detailing the major peaks of the area, plus roads, trails, and cross-country routes, with data on maps, photos, permit guidelines, and history. In all, some 750 peaks and their approaches are represented. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Provides extensive information useful to hikers, climbers, skiers, and visitors to the region in a detailed, easy-to-follow format.
Book Description
A new edition of the only guide to detail all the known routes on 570 peaks in the Sierras, thoroughly updated, with 60+ pages of new material covering 80 new routes, and new photos throughout. The diverse terrain and unspoiled wilderness of the High Sierra makes it one of the best places in the world for "the practice of mountains" - advanced hiking, cross-country rambling, peak bagging, rock and ice climbing, and ski touring. Here it is possible to begin a hike in the desert of the eastern Sierra, scale rock and ice to a mountain top, and end in the lush redwood groves of the western slopes. The most comprehensive resource on this explorer's paradise, The High Sierra details all the major and minor routes to the area and covers approach roads, trails, and cross-country and climbing routes. Sections called "Wrinkles" provide alternative and lesser-known linkage routes between and within regions.
About the Author
R.J. Secor has attained List Completion status in the Sierra Peaks Section of the Sierra Club and has climbed in the Himalayas, the Andes, and the volcanoes of Mexico. His book Mexico's Volcanoes: A Climbing Guide, is also available from The Mountaineers Books.
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