A Pacific Crest Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Mexico to Canada
- ISBN-10
- 091182491X
- ISBN-13
- 9780911824919
- Category
- Backpacking
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Author
- David Green
Description
The Northern Sierra Tuolumne Meadows is a grand , rambling arena , one of the largest subalpine meadows in the Sierra Nevada . Bisected by the meandering Tuolumne River , it is ringed with peaks and domes of a beautiful , light granitic ...
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