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Welcome to Backpack the Sierra
Backpacking: General Information about Backpacking in the Sierra Nevada
Getting Started
Your Clothes
Dangers on the Trail
Finding Your Way
Food and Water
Life on the Trail
Campsites
Permits and Processes
Routes and Destinations along the way
Weight and Why It Matters
About Us: About Backpacking in the Sierra Nevada
Isn't Backpacking Dangerous and Hard?
Our Philosophy
Your First Backpacking Trip
Trail Etiquette: Leave No Trace (LNT)
Animals on the Trail
What about a fire?
OUR BLOG
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Destinations: The Best Sierra Hikes, The Best Starter Hikes, and Hikes by Highway
Ten Great Starter Hikes
Our Favorite Hikes of All Time
Early Season Hikes
Our Favorite Lakes of All Time
Our Favorite Day Hikes
Trip logs
Recommended Hikes By State Highway
A: Lassen and Highway 89 North of Tahoe
B: Highway 80 and Donner Pass
C: Highway 50, Tahoe, and Echo Summit
D: Highway 88/Carson Pass
E: Highway 4/Ebbetts Pass
F: Highway 108/Sonora Pass
G: Northern Yosemite: Highway 120/Tioga Pass/Tuolumne Meadows/Hetch-hetchy
H: Southern Yosemite: Highways 140 and 41, Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point and more
I: Highway 168/Kings Canyon and Sequoia
J: Highway 395--the East side
K: The southern deserts--178 and 190
Our Southwest Trips
Trekking In South America: Machu Picchu, Patagonia, and more.
More Thoughts On Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail
Day Hikes in and around Cusco, Peru
Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca
Lima
Our Equipment List: a High Sierra Backpacking list you can count on.
The LIST
The Ten Essentials for Hiking
Things that Haven't Worked--Or things you can leave behind
Things We'd Like to Try
Things We Really Like
Weight Fanatics--which we sometimes are
You want cheap and easy?
Gear: Our Thoughts on What Works and What Doesn't in the High Sierra
Bear Canisters
On Footwear
Sleeping Bags & Pads
Tents
The Backpack
The Kitchen
Water Filters and Treatment
First Aid Kit
Stories, Fun, Fishing, Flowers, and Links
Favorite Nits to Pick
Humor
Stories
Weird backpacking news stories
Fishing
Backpacking Books
Photos of us at play
P's watercolors
Sierra Wildflowers
Links
Contact us
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On Footwear
The Ten Essentials for Hiking
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