Good Sierra Nevada trails book?

Secor:  https://books.google.com/books/about/The_High_Sierra.html?id=R6mcvANvKasC

And Tom Harrison maps are all you’ll need for pretty much anything you are likely to want to do.

We really like Sierra North and Sierra South as guides to get started.  Lots of trips, lots of ideas, and lots of areas to explore.

Our website has quite a few, too!  backpackthesierra.com

I like Arnots book (suggested to me over on High Sierra Topix): I picked up a copy for £7 in the UK

Probably easier to get in the US?

Gents, thanks very much for the recommendations and for taking the trouble to add the links. I think I’ll get several of them and the Tom Harrison maps.

I’ve found good pre-trip research results in better trips.

I got started with the Wilderness Press Sierra North and Sierra South books for getting ideas for trips.  In recent years, I just go through my various Tom Harrison maps and trace out a route in the part of the Sierra I’m interested in (or how far I want to drive) for how many miles I want.  It’s very easy to trace out a long backpacking trip that isn’t the JMT (or short one for that matter).

I picked up Paul’s recommendation this week (Sierra South) and it’s interesting just to see some example routes. The maps aren’t particularly useful and his descriptions are not as specific as Roper is.

I just realized that I bought Secor’s book on my phone a couple weeks ago and forgot to look at it. Here I go…

I would expect Secor and Roper to be much more explicit than Sierra South/North – much of the book describes off trail routes. It doesn’t take much of a description to follow trail routes.

Although, with all the interest in named routes, I am certain by now that there are actually use trails developed along the Sierra High Route. A shame…

Ditto Sierra South and Sierra North.  Call me old, but I prefer the 5th/6th edition of these classics.

Better late than never!

R.J. Secor’s is a must have for any High Sierra aficionado. Supplement with Roper’s if you plan to explore xcountry. The above suggested Sierra North & South series are quite good too.

Finally, the High Sierra Map hosted by //www.highsierratopix.com is a wonderful resource especially for beta on xcountry passes: High Sierra Map.