Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California

Section Hiking from Tuolumne Meadows to Donomore Pass

From the preeminent outdoor publisher in the West come the latest volumes in
this new, unparalleled series of guidebooks to the region’s most famous trail.

The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail meanders north from California’s
border with Mexico to the entrance of Manning Provincial Park in British
Columbia, on the Washington State–Canada border. It’s a rigorous trail that
has evolved since its earliest envisioning in 1926 to encompass approximately
2,650 miles of rich and varied terrain, traveling through some of the West
Coast’s most beautiful country. It inspires hikers of all ages and abilities
to imagine the ultimate wilderness journey.

A PATH OF UNENDING adventure, the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail is a
legendary long- distance footpath stretching from the sun-beaten sands of
Southern California’s deserts to the ver-dant forests and meadows below
Washington’s glacier-capped peaks, and even into Canada. Along the way, it
climbs into the stark alpine world of the Sierra Nevada and follows the Range
of Light’s trailing granite northward into the heart of Northern California
and the volcanic Cascade Range. Known simply as the PCT, the approximately
2650-mile-long trail is a place to make memories, live differently, test
yourself physically and mentally, dream, and make the best kinds of
friends—hungry ones.

‹This guidebook follows the PCT’s route from Tuolumne Meadows, in the heart of
Yosemite National Park’s high country, to the Oregon border—a distance of over
740 trail miles! From the crystalline lakes of the Desolation Wilderness, to
the high volcanic peaks of Lassen and Mount Shasta, to the river valleys,
forests, and countless ridges of the Klamath Mountains, the PCT in Northern
California has everything a hiker could want. Your adventure, whether big,
small, or some-where in between, is calling.› — Philip Kramer, author