Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions
Redding * Castle Crags * Marble Mountains * Lava Beds
Description
Modern, attractive, packable hiking guide to one of the wildest and most beautiful regions of the Golden State
From oak-dotted foothills to serrated granite ridges, from rushing rivers to azure mountain lakes, from peaceful old-growth forests to the expansive slopes of Mount Shasta, Northern California has it all. With John Soares as your expert guide, Day Hiking Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions offers you plenty of options, whether you want to backpack to an appealing alpine lake in the Trinity Alps or stroll past bubbling mud pots and steaming fumaroles at Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Want more? Feel a sense of wonder as you admire Castle Crag’s jagged spires, see the shafts of mines once used to search for gold, explore the shores of popular Whiskeytown Lake, or soak up the lush greenery of secluded South Gate Meadows while you take in close-up views of the region’s centerpiece, Mount Shasta.
**Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. For this book, our 1 percent of sales is going to Mount Shasta Trail Association.
- 125 hikes rated for quality and difficulty
- Detailed descriptions and maps with easy-to-follow driving directions
- Quick-reference icons for kid- and dog-friendly trails, mountain vistas, wildflowers, backpacking, solitude, and more
- Star ratings applied to every hike
- GPS coordinates for every hike’s trailhead
- Two-color design and topo maps—plus a full-color photo insert
- Options to extend a day hike, when applicable
From oak-dotted foothills to serrated granite ridges, from rushing rivers to azure mountain lakes, from peaceful old-growth forests to the expansive slopes of Mount Shasta, Northern California has it all. With John Soares as your expert guide, Day Hiking Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions offers you plenty of options, whether you want to backpack to an appealing alpine lake in the Trinity Alps or stroll past bubbling mud pots and steaming fumaroles at Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Want more? Feel a sense of wonder as you admire Castle Crag’s jagged spires, see the shafts of mines once used to search for gold, explore the shores of popular Whiskeytown Lake, or soak up the lush greenery of secluded South Gate Meadows while you take in close-up views of the region’s centerpiece, Mount Shasta.
**Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. For this book, our 1 percent of sales is going to Mount Shasta Trail Association.
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