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The following resources will help you find more information about the Pacific Crest Trail, including more detailed trail descriptions than we are able to provide on this web site. ![]() The following book is good for brief descriptions of each trail segment: Berger, Karen and Daniel R. Smith. 2000.The Pacific Crest Trail: A Hiker’s Companion The 3-volume Wilderness Press guidebook series is excellent and VERY detailed... Here are the citations for each volume: Volume 1: Schifrin, Ben, Jeffrey Schaffer, Thomas Winnett and Ruby Johnson Jenkins. 2003. Southern California Pacific Crest Trail: From the Mexican Border to Volume 2: Schaffer, Jeffrey P.. 2003. Northern California Pacific Crest Trail: From Tuolumne Meadows to the Oregon Border. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. Volume 3: Schaffer, Jeffrey P. and Andy Selters. 2000. The Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington . Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. During our ski traverse of the High Sierra in California, we will be leaving the PCT for a time in order to travel a route closer to the actual crest of the Sierra Nevada range. These ski tours along the Sierra crest are described in this book: Moynier, John. 1999. Backcountry Skiing California's High Sierra. Globe Pequot Press. Return to top |