Jordan Summers has had more fun sleeping on rock, snow, and dirt than any one person should be allowed. As a boy in Virginia, he would camp in the woods behind his house. Since then, he's spent absurd amounts of time in the three major ranges and many minor ones, in forests, canyons, and deserts in every season and weather condition.

Jordan's children were both veterans of several wilderness hikes by the age of 5. They both became llama-wranglers and guides a few years later, when their dad began leading llama treks in Oregon and the Sierra Nevada. They hiked several of the new edition's trails with Jordan and continue to explore backcountry trails alongside him.

In 2009, Jordan solo-hiked 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from the California-Mexico border to Echo Lake Dam. He resumed his northbound journey in 2012 and hiked into Canada that fall. In 2016 and 2017, Jordan hiked the PCT from south of Mount Whitney to the Canada border in order to update the Wilderness Press volumes of Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California and Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington.

Jordan is an alumnus of the National Outdoor Leadership School's (NOLS) Outdoor Educator program and Wind River rock climbing. He is a NOLS/Wilderness Medicine Institute Wilderness First Responder, and a Leave No Trace Trainer. The training and expertise gained help Jordan pursue his passion: ?to help hikers of all abilities get out there, have a great time there, leave no trace there, and come home safely from there.?

Jordan and his partner, Karin, live 44 miles west of the PCT in Pioneer, California.

Overview Map

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

60 Hikes by Category

Introduction

Map Legend

Sacramento and Vicinity

• Capitol Park Loop
• Old Sacramento State Historic Park
• Riverwalk Park
• William Land Park Trail
• Effie Yeaw Nature Center Trails
• UC Davis Arboretum Trail
• David-Covell Greenbelt

West Sacramento Valley

• Homestead-Blue Ridge Trail
• Blue Ridge-Fiske Peak Trail
• High Bridge Trail
• Judge Davis Trail
• Redbud Trail
• Perkins Creek Ridge Trail
• Johnson Ridge-Gunsight Rock Trail

Delta Area

• Grizzly Island Wildlife Area Trail
• River Bend-Majestic Oaks Loop Trail
• Lodi Lake Nature Trail
• Cosumnes River Preserve Trails

Foothills South

• China Gulch Trail
• River of Skulls Trail
• Big Trees North Grove Trails
• Big Trees South Grove Trail
• Indian Grinding Rock Loop Trails
• Jenkinson Lake Trail

Foothills Central

• Pioneer Express Trail
• Avery's Pond Trail
• Rattlesnake Bar-Horseshoe Bar Trail
• Sweetwater Trail
• Monroe Ridge Trail
• Dave Moore Nature Area Trail
• South Fork American River-Gerle Loop Trail
• South Fork American River Trail
• Cronan Ranch Trails
• Olmstead Loop Trail
• Robie Point Firebreak Trail
• Lake Clementine Trail
• Confluence Trail
• Quarry Road Trail to American Canyon Falls
• American Canyon-Dead Truck Trail
• Wendell T. Robie Trail
• Ruck-A-Chucky Rapids Trail
• Foresthill Divide Loop Trail
• Codfish Falls Trail
• North Fork Middle Fork American River Trail
• Yankee Jim's-Indian Creek Trail
• Windy Point Trail
• Stevens Trail West
• Stevens Trail East
• Green Valley Trail
• Euchre Bar Trail to Humbug Canyon
• American Eagle Mine Trail

Foothills North

• Hidden Falls Trails
• Fairy Falls Trail
• Hardrock Trail
• Independence Trail: East Branch
• Independence Trail: West Branch
• Buttermilk Bend Trail
• Point Defiance Trail
• Humbug Trail
• Diggins Loop Trail

Appendices

• Appendix A: Outdoor Shops
• Appendix B: Map Sources
• Appendix C: Hiking Organizations
• Appendix D: Managing Agencies
• Appendix E: Additional Reading

Index

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