Sierra South () von Elizabeth Wenk

This guidebook features 84 hiking and backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada, with trip details, maps, day-by-day trail descriptions, and more.

Acknowledgments

Sierra South Locator Map

Going High to Get High

Trip Cross-Reference Table

Introduction

• Updates for the Eighth Edition
• Care and Enjoyment of the Mountains
• Safety and Well Being
• The Bear Problem
• Wilderness and Campfire Permits
• Maps and Profiles
• How to Use This Book

WEST SIDE

State Highway 41 Trips

• Fernandez Trailhead
• Granite Creek Campground Trailhead

State Highway 168 West Side Trips

• Wishon Reservoir—Woodchuck Trailhead
• Courtright Reservoir—Maxson Trailhead
• Courtright Reservoir—Cliff Lake Trailhead

Kaiser Pass Road Trips

• Potter Pass Trailhead
• Deer Creek Trailhead
• Florence Lake Trailhead
• Bear Dam Junction
• Lake Edison Trailhead

State Highway 180 Trips

• Lewis Creek Trailhead
• Roads End—Copper Creek Trailhead
• Roads End—Cedar Grove Roadend Trailhead

Generals Highway Trips

• Big Meadows Trailhead
• Lodgepole Campground Trailhead
• Wolverton Corral Trailhead
• Crescent Meadow Trailhead

State Highway 198 Trips

• Sawtooth-Monarch Trailhead
• Cold Spring Trailhead

State Highway 190 Trip

• Summit National Recreation Trailhead

EAST SIDE

Horse Meadow Road Trip

• Gibbs Lake Trailhead

State Highway 158 Trip

• Rush Creek Trailhead

State Highway 203 Trips

• Agnew Meadows Trailhead
• Devils Postpile Trailhead
• Fish Creek Trailhead
• Duck Pass Trailhead
• Crystal Lake Trailhead

McGee Creek Road Trips

• McGee Creek Roadend Trailhead

Rock Creek Road Trips

• Hilton Lakes Trailhead
• Mosquito Flat Trailhead
• Pine Creek Pack Station Trailhead

State Highway 168 East Side Trips

• North Lake Trailhead
• Sabrina Basin Trailhead
• South Lake Trailhead

Glacier Lodge Road Trips

• Big Pine Creek Trailhead

Sawmill Creek Road Trips

• Sawmill Pass Trailhead

Onion Valley Road Trips

• Kearsarge Pass Trailhead

Whitney Portal Road Trip

• Mt. Whitney Trailhead

Horseshoe Meadow Road Trips

• Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead
• Cottonwood Pass Trailhead

Kennedy Meadows Road Trip

• Blackrock Trailhead

Index

Map Index

About the Authors