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Guidebooks to selected areas.
California's Fourteeners S. Porcella and C. Burns
96 pages. This inexpensive guide has been an invaluable reference. Well written, good B/W photos, and sketch maps showing the dog routes for all the 14'ers. A deal at under $15!
Climbing California's Fourteeners S. Porcella and C. Burns
272 pages. The big brother to Porcella & Burns' earlier volume. This brand new guide contains not just the easiest routes, but almost every known route up all the 14'ers. Extensive historical notes, excellent bibliography, and a generous number of photos and topos. I had to buy it as soon as I saw it.
High Sierra Peaks, Passes and Trails R. J. Secor
368 pages. Covers every named peak in the Sierra, and dozens of interesting cross-country routes. A great reference when planning hiking or skiing trips off the beaten path.
Sierra Classics J. Moynier and C. Fiddler
328 pages. The authors came up with a list of 100 of their favorite Sierra peaks and put them into an excellent guide. Each peak gets at least a page of text and a full-page B/W photo. Some of the more technical routes also have detailed topos.
Mount Whitney: The Complete Trailhead-to-Summit Hiking Guide Paul Richins and Steve Roper
Published in 2001.
Mount Whitney Guide for Hikers and Climbers Paul Hellweg, Scott McDonald
Everything you wanted to know about Mount Whitney, and then some.
High Sierra Hiking Guide to Mt. Whitney Thomas Winnett
85 pages. Even more about Whitney.
The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra Steve Roper
380 pages. This was the original guide to the Sierra
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada Clarence King
Written by one of the Sierra's early explorers.
Close Ups of the High Sierra Norman Clyde
Norman Clyde needs no introduction. Short essays describe Clyde's Sierra adventures in the early 1900's.
High Sierra : John Muir's Range of Light Phil Arnot
Over seventy Sierra hikes and almost forty wilderness trips.
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