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Автор: Jeffrey P. Schaffer
Издательство: Ingram
Серия: Pacific Crest Trail
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National Forest

      19777 Greenley Road

      Sonora, CA 95370

      (209) 532-3671

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/stanislaus

      Emigrant Wilderness* and

      Carson-Iceberg Wilderness*

      Sonora Pass trailhead

      contact: Summit Ranger District

      #1 Pinecrest Lake Road

      Pinecrest, CA 95364

      (209) 965-3434

      Carson-Iceberg Wilderness*

      Ebbetts Pass trailhead

      contact: Carson Ranger District

      1536 S. Carson Street

      Carson City, NV 89701

      (775) 882-2766

      Mokelumne Wilderness*

      contact: Carson Ranger District (above)

      Eldorado National Forest

      100 Forni Road

      Placerville, CA 95667

      (530) 622-5061

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/eldorado

      also:

      Eldorado Information Center

      3070 Camino Heights Drive

      Camino, CA 95709

      (530) 644-6048

      Desolation Wilderness*

      Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

      870 Emerald Bay Rd., Suite 1

      S. Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

      (530) 573-2600

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/ltbmu

      Tahoe National Forest

      Highway 49 & Coyote St.

      Nevada City, CA 95959

      (530) 265-4531

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/tahoe

      Granite Chief Wilderness

      contact: Tahoe NF

      Plumas National Forest

      Box 11500

      159 Lawrence Street

      Quincy, CA 95971

      (530) 283-2050

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/plumas

      Bucks Lake Wilderness

      contact: Plumas NF

      Lassen National Forest

      2550 Riverside Drive

      Susanville, CA 96130

      (530) 257-2151

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/lassen

      Lassen Volcanic National Park*

      Box 100

      Mineral, CA 96063

      (530) 595-4444

      www.nps.gov/lavo

      Shasta-Trinity National Forests

      2400 Washington Avenue

      Redding, CA 96001

      (530) 244-2978

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/shastatrinity

      Castle Crags and Trinity Alps* wildernesses

      contact: Shasta-Trinity NF

      Klamath National Forest

      1312 Fairlane Road

      Yreka, CA 96097

      (530) 842-6131

      www.r5.fs.fed.us/klamath

      Russian and Marble Mountain wildernesses

      contact: Klamath NF

      Rogue River National Forest

      Box 520

      333 West 8th Street

      Medford, OR 97501

      (541) 858-2200

      www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue

      Red Buttes Wilderness

      contact: Rogue River NF

      Dayhiking

      Roughly 86 percent of the PCT in California can be dayhiked, averaging about 15 miles a day, though over some sections you’ll do less than 5 miles, while over others more than 25 (but less than 30). As mentioned early in this chapter, George and Patricia Semb have a two-volume set, Day Hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail, and their California volume presents 124 dayhikes for the California PCT.

      Should you dayhike the trail? Maybe not, but perhaps most of those on the trail are just doing a dayhike. There are at least five advantages to dayhiking. First, the national parks and the popular wildernesses require wilderness permits for overnight stays, and some popular PCT stretches even have trailhead quotas for overnighters, yet there are no permits or quotas for dayhikers. Second, dayhiking requires very little planning or preparation. Third, because your pack is lighter, you may enjoy the hike more, since you’ll expend less effort with less wear and tear on your body, especially your feet. Dayhikers can usually get by with running shoes or cross-training boots, which, though still likely to furnish blisters during the break-in period, are much lighter than hiking boots. Fourth, you can easily carry a day’s supply of water. This is an advantage, for some lakes, streams, and springs contain harmful microorganisms. You can leave water-treatment chemicals or water filters behind. And finally, dayhikers have less impact on the environment. For one thing, dayhikers usually use toilets near trailheads rather than along the trail. Particularly around a popular lake, excrement can affect the water quality and lead to an increase in microorganisms. Excrement from humans infected with harmful intestinal microorganisms, such as Giardia lamblia, discussed under “Drinking water,” can lead to the establishment of these microorganisms in a previously untainted lake or stream.

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      PCT and the Marshy Lakes canyon, Trinity Alps Wilderness, Section P

      Items to consider for your backpack

      waist or fanny pack

      your keys

      watch

      wilderness permit

      guidebook(s)

      additional maps (e.g., USFS)

      compass

      first-aid book

      nature books, novels

      camera, film, and accessories

      binoculars

      fishing gear

      California fishing license

      trekking poles

      ice ax

      other special gear

      sleeping bag

      pad or air mattress

      ground cloth

      tent or ground cloth large enough to serve as