Bring the family along on an exploration of Owens Valley, Death Valley with its natural hot springs, the Mojave Preserve, Joshua Tree and Anza-Borrego regions with their varied, primeval scenery. 50 adventure drives each with its own full-page map. With detailed descriptions augmented with photographs and a handy, glovebox-size format, Byways guides are the ideal travel companions. The Pacific Crest Trail is most often hiked in small segments or as dayhikes. Now, for the first time, there is a guide specifically for the PCT dayhiker.
Every trail covered has an accompanying map.
The trail descriptions are broken into sections short enough for dayhikes, with complete details on trail access, mileage, permits, and directions to all the trailheads. Full of useful information and facts, this book also helps the reader understand why so many people take the effort to hike this long trail in its entirety. Author George Semb is a professor of computer science, but that didn't stop him from taking large quantities of time off from work to hike the entire PCT and write a guidebook about it. He is currently writing a guide to day hikes on the Oregon and Washington sections. This newly updated 4-color map features roads, trails, historical routes, points of interest, jeep routes, campsites, streams, and springs.