- Detailed topographic maps and elevation profiles depict the entire
route
- Sections about planning, preparation, transportation, acclimatization,
resupplying food, permits, maps, suggested itineraries, and safety
- Includes photographs, alternative routes, and side trips, plus
history, geology, flora, and fauna
Sierra Grand Traverse offers experienced hikers an epic route across
one of the world's greatest mountain ranges. Designed by experienced
hikers and writers John and Monica Chapman, this 200-mile-long traverse
begins in Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park and heads through
the High Sierra south to Mount Whitney and then on to Horseshoe Meadows.
The challenging, but approachable adventure winds through five
wilderness areas spread across three national parks and two national
forests.
While some of the traverse follows well-defined trails, it starts at
8,580 feet and hikers spend most of their time between 9,000 and 12,000
feet--reveling in the open ridges and stunning vistas above treeline.
With 56,000 feet of elevation change and crossing 41 mountain passes,
this route requires solid navigation skills and careful planning and
preparation--more than half of it is off-trail. But for determined
hikers, the adventure of a lifetime awaits.
