My Sierra Nevada Favorites
- This is just a prototype, but will soon be an awesome Google maps app detailing relatively easy but often overlooked, climbing, peak-bagging, hiking, cycling, skiing, and kayaking opportunities
Northern Sierra/Tahoe
High Sierra
The High Sierra is generally defined as the area from the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park, where there’s a noticeably abrupt transition to much more rougher peaks, and the Southern boundary of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park.
The 395 Corridor/Western Nevada
Recommended Guides
These print guides are very comprehensive and cover a wide area:
- Jeffry Schaffer’s The Tahoe Sierra: A Natural History Guide. Actually a hiking guide with some natural history mixed in.
- RJ Secor’s The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails.
- Touring Nevada: A Scenic and History Guide. Oriented to auto-tripping, very comprehensive, though some information about available businesses and services, especially gas, may be dated.
Online guides:
- Pete Yamagata’s Northern Sierra Peaks Guide.
- Marcus Libkind’s Backcountry ski touring site.
- Climb Utah
