Favorite Dog Hikes in and Around Los Angeles is a wonderful trail guide providing accurate and detailed trail descriptions, mileages, estimated round-trip completion times, a pattern for making custom canine hiking boots, essential hiking equipment, trail courtesy and hazards, as well as historic details for some of the most beautiful areas in the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains - all tailored for canine hiking. Dog-friendly hikes include Palo Comado and Cheeseboro Canyons, and Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains; Arroyo Seco, Haines Canyon, Mt. Lowe, Mt. Lukens, Strawberry Peak, Mt. Williamson, Mt. Lewis and Sunset Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. Now you and your dog can take to the hills and enjoy the freedom the local mountains have to offer with Favorite Dog Hikes In and Around Los Angeles.

Favorite Dog Hikes In and Around Los Angeles

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Benti, Wynne

Pets & Animal Care

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No man ever knew more of the High Sierra terrain than Norman Clyde. David R. Brower Not since the time of John Muir had anyone established such a kinship with the Sierra Nevada. Los Angeles Times 
Wherever men gather around blazing campfires on cold nights in the high country and talk of the history of mountaineering, there are certain names that inevitably come into the conversation. . . among Americans, John Muir, Clarence King and Norman Clyde. San Francisco Chronicle
 Close Ups of the High Sierra is a collection of stories as told by one of California's great mountaineers, Norman Clyde. His rate of first ascents far surpassed those of John Muir, Clarence King and William Brewer, combined. Often called upon to find downed planes and lost climbers, he did so with a tremendous rate of success. 
For more than half a century many of the new stories in this volume have been filed away in the forgotten solitude and darkness of library collections. Clyde's mountain photographs of his famed Sierra Club High Trips attended by such notable Sierrans as Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Francis Farquhar, Glen Dawson, and Jules Eichorn remind us of the Golden Age of High Sierra climbing and days long past.

Close Ups of the High Sierra

Science & Math

Norman Clyde

Nature & Ecology

Recommended by the U.S. Forest Service and in print for over 40 years, Climbing Mt. Whitney is the guide to climbing the highest peak in California. Climbing Mt. Whitney describes how to climb Whitney as a dayhike, backpack, rock climb or as an evening hike by moonlight. Technical climbing routes on Whitney's East Face are described with Norman Clyde's own account of the first ascent up the magnificent East Face. 
Many books try to copy the 40 year success of Climbing Mt. Whitney, locally produced in Bishop, California. Don't be fooled by the paid reviewers' comments on the back covers of the other publishers books! Climbing Mt. Whitney is the original guide to the best climbing on Whitney!

Climbing Mt. Whitney

Travel

Wheelock, Walt

Specialty Travel

Florine Lawlor, author of the book, Out From Las Vegas, and columnist for the Las Vegas Sun for 40 years, introduces us to some of her favorite desert haunts and lesser-traveled jeep trails in her book, Mojave Desert Trails, a guide to some of the most interesting geologic and historic sites found in the Mojave's enchanting and remote landscape. Endless vistas, high-walled canyons carved by water and wind, Joshua tree forests, sand dunes, rugged mountains, abandoned settlements and a magnificent railroad depot await curious readers and weekend desert wanderers. Meander along the original trail west blazed by Father Francisco Garces, 1775-1776, the same road thousands of men and women followed almost one hundred years later, seeking their fortunes in California. Walk the along the Mojave River at the site of what once was Camp Cady, a fort settled to protect travelers along the Santa Fe and Mormon Trails en route to San Bernardino and Los Angeles. Camp amidst the eroded volcanic formations of Rainbow Basin Natural National Landmark then drive the long loop to the charcoal-colored mesas of the Black Mountains Wilderness Area. Afton Canyon's riparian habitat provides some of the finest bird watching opportunities in the state while also serving as a gateway to the old Mojave Road. Out in seemingly the middle of nowhere, in the heart of what is now Mojave National Preserve, is the spectacular Kelso Depot, it's great Spanish architecture, a ghostly monolith on the vast desert plain. Prospectors and miners left their marks on the land and mountains with mine shaft and yawning glory holes. Some left with pockets full of gold while others lost everything, even their lives. It's all here in Mojave Desert Trails.

Mojave Desert Trails

History

Florine Lawlor

Americas

Newly updated March 2013. 
 People travel from all over the world to stand on the summit of Mt. Whitney (14,500-ft.), the highest point in the contiguous United States. Miles of rugged granitic terrain, blue-green lakes, and impressive ridges are just some of the awesome vistas awaiting those who make it to the top. 
 Peter Croft, winner of the American Alpine Club's Underhill Award for outstanding achievement in mountaineering, has updated this new edition for every level of climber: how to get the most out of your conditioning; prepping for overnight trips; dayhiking the main Whitney Trail; the North Fork approach; Whitney from other passes; cross-country routes; and challenging technical routes for advanced climbers. 
 Written and published in the Eastern Sierra, and printed in the USA, Climbing Mt. Whitneyhas sold more copies than any other guide to the peak, standing on its own merits as the best Whitney trail guide of all time. Approved by the USFS. Includes new Whitney elevation data (14,500-ft.) provided by the USGS and NOAA/NGS.

Sports & Outdoors

Peter Croft

Wynne Benti

Hiking & Camping

Hiking Nevada s County High Points by Central Nevada resident, Bob Sumner, is the comprehensive driving and hiking guide to the summits of Nevada s 16 counties and Carson City, the state capital. From the bristlecone pine-studded ridges of Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park to the historic overlook of Mount Davidson above Virginia City, long-time hiker and writer Bob Sumner describes each journey in abundant detail to guide your way. Chapters include precise travel instructions and: - Camping and lodging locations - A bonus peak which can be combined with the county high point  - A side trip to a nearby point of interest  - Historic background for each high point  Nevada s back country includes towering limber pines, lush riparian canyons, wind-sculpted rock walls and hundred mile vistas. Sample the majestic natural beauty that outdoor enthusiasts relish with the journeys contained in this must have guide to the state's diverse and challenging high points.

Hiking Nevada's County High Points

Bob Sumner

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