Hiking in California

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Unlike most photo albums, that focus mainly on the hikers, my photos focus on the route and the trail. Hopefully, this is a useful tool for other hikers.
You can request a CDROM with photos of the hikes. I also make Powerpoint presentations that include topomaps and photos to describe how to get there and back. Download one for free (a loop from Lake Sabrina to Evolution Lake to Darwin Canyon to Lake Sabrina). Inquire about others.

Bay Area

  • Click here for Bay Area hikes (Point Reyes, Mt Tamalpais, Pescadero Creek Park, Big Basin, Sierra Azul, Sweeney Ridge, Mission Peak, Sunol, Del Valle, Ohlone, Rose Peak, Marine Headlands, Monterey, Big Sur, Mt Diablo, etc)

    Yosemite

  • El Capitan, Yosemite (***)
  • Upper Falls and El Capitan, Yosemite (***)
  • Half Dome, Yosemite (*****)
  • Tenaya Lake to Cloud's Rest, Yosemite (*****)
  • Glacier Point, Yosemite (**)
  • Pohono Trail from Glacier Point to Wavona Tunnel, Yosemite (**)
  • May Lake to Ten Lakes, Yosemite (****)
  • Mt Dana, Yosemite (**)
  • Mt Conness via Young Lakes, Yosemite (***)
  • Tioga Lake to Mt Conness region, Yosemite (*)
  • Mt Lyell, Yosemite (****)
  • Mirror Lake to North Dome to Upper Falls, Yosemite (****)
  • Upper Falls, Yosemite (***)
  • Cathedral Lake, Yosemite (*)
  • Tuolumne Falls, Yosemite (*)
  • Waterwheel Falls, Yosemite (**)
  • Map of Yosemite hikes

    Western Sierra

  • Kings Canyon
  • Sphinx Lakes (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Mt Brewer via East Lake and Sphinx Lakes (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Reflection Lake and Lucy's Pass (Kings Canyon) (****)
  • Glen Pass and Rae Lakes (****)
  • Charlotte Lake via Charlotte Creek (***)
  • East Lake (Kings Canyon) (***)
  • Lake Edison to Silver Pass and Goodale Pass (***)
  • Lake Edison to Rovana via Italy Pass (***)
  • Lake Florence to Selden Pass (***)
  • Mammoth trailhead to Devil's Postpile (**)

    Trans-Sierra

  • Roads End to Onion Valley via Kearsarge Pass (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Edison Lake to Mosquito Flat via Mono Pass (Mono Divide) (**)
  • Lake Florence to North Lake via Piute Pass (Mono Divide) (***)

    Eastern Sierra

    (map of the Eastern Sierra)
  • Gem Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (**)
  • Thousand Island Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (**)
  • Mt Ritter, Ansel Adams Wilderness (****)
  • Mt Abbot, Ansel Adams Wilderness (***)
  • White Mountain (**)
  • Mt Whitney's main trail (****)
  • Mt Whitney's Mountaineering or North fork trail (*****)
  • Apex Peak via Palisade Glacier (*****)
  • Mt Sill (*****)
  • Mt Sill glacier via Elinor Lake (*****)
  • Middle Palisade (*****)
  • Scimitar Pass (****)
  • Split Mt (****)
  • Mt Gayley (***)
  • Haeckel-Darwin Pass (***)
  • Emerald Lakes (**)
  • Mt Darwin (****)
  • Evolution Lake via Lamarck Col (****)
  • Palisades via Bishop Pass (***)
  • South Lake to Bishop Pass (*)
  • North Palisade (*****)
  • Thunderbolt Peak from Bishop Pass (*****)
  • Mt Agassiz (***)
  • Shepherd Pass and Mt Williamson (*****)
  • Mt Williamson descending via George Creek (*****)
  • Mt Williamson from North Bairs Creek (*****)
  • Mt Tyndall (****)
  • Mt Keith (****)
  • Mt Russell - eastern ridge (****)
  • Mt Russell - northern ridge (****)
  • Mt Carillon (***)
  • Mt Langley via Cottonwood Lakes (****)

    South

  • Pinnacles (*)
  • Monterey (*)
  • Big Sur (**)
  • China Camp to Big Sur Station in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Bottcher's Gap to Double Cone in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Double Cone from Mt Manuel in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Junipero Serra Peak in Los Padres National Forest (*)
  • Pinyon Peak in Los Padres National Forest (**)
  • From Santa Lucia Memorial to Arroyo Seco in Los Padres National Forest (***)
  • Cone Peak, Ventana Wilderness (**)
  • Death Valley: Racetrack, Darwin Falls, Dunes, Badwater, Zabriskie Point, etc (****)
  • Death Valley: Telescope Peak (***)
  • Joshua Tree Park (*)

    North

  • Bay Area (Pt Reyes, Mt Tamalpais, Mt Diablo, Big Basin, Portola Redwoods, Ohlone Wilderness, Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness, etc)

    Low Sierra

  • Mt Tallac, Desolation Wilderness (*)
  • Pyramid Peak, Desolation Wilderness (**)

    Northern California

  • Mt Shasta via Avalanche Gulch (****)
  • Mt Shasta via Clearcreek (***)
  • Lassen Volcanic Park (*)
  • Lost Coast and King Range (*)
  • Mendocino region (*)
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  • 2007 hikes
  • 2008 hikes
  • 2009 hikes

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    Note: The USA is the last country in the world that still uses the ancient Roman imperial system for measurements (miles, feet). When you look at pictures of signs, multiply by 1.6 to obtain distances. (Trivia: Ethiopia is the last country in the world that still uses the Julian calendar. So if the USA and Ethiopia merged, you would be brought back 2,000 years to the age of the Roman empire).

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