Mammoth Lakes Sierra
A Handbook for Roadside and Trail
Revised Seventh Edition

By Dean Rinehart, Elden Vestal, Bettie E. Willard, and Genny Smith
Edited by Genny Smith
Illustrated by Susan Rinehartt

• Revised Seventh Edition
• Published by Genny Smith Books
• 260 pp.
• $18.95 paperback ISBN 978-0-931095-09-2
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The authoritative guide to a superbly beautiful portion of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. Six hours north of Los Angeles and three hours south of Reno, this fifty-mile portion of the eastern Sierra slope includes Convict, McGee and Rock Creek canyons, Lake Crowley, Mammoth Lakes, Reds and Agnew meadows, Devils Postpile, the Minarets, June Lake, Lee Vining, Lundy Canyon and Mono Lake—all easily accessible from US Highway 395. Now in its seventh edition (revised in 2006), this popular guidebook has more than 70,000 copies in print.

Generously Illustrated ...

This two-color guide includes thirty-two pages of photographs, including rare historic photos; drawings of wildflowers, trees, birds, and mammals; a road map, trail map, and geologic map; and an index.

An Authoritative Field Guide ...

Widely used by college classes in geology and biology, Mammoth Lakes Sierra is the first popular book to incorporate recent geologic discoveries about Mammoth Mountain, Long Valley Caldera, and Mono Craters, as well as current research at Mono Lake and the controversy over water rights there.

A Trail Guide for the Knapsack ...
A Road Guide for the Car ...
A Handsome Book to Treasure ...

This joyful book of discovery, written with love for the region's wild places and wild creatures, will provide you with all the information needed to find your way. The book offers perspective and background for what you see today, suggests things to look for, and then sends you on your way to explore and discover.

Contents

• Discover! Photo Section / 1
• Wild Places, Wild Things / 5
• The Mammoth Lakes Sierra / 9
• Some Basic Information / 13
• Roadsides / 17
• Mosaic! Photo Section / 61
• Trails / 65
• Fire! Photo Section / 109
• Geologic Story / 117
• Ice! Photo Section / 133
• Climates & Forest Communities / 141
• Trees / 145
• Wildflowers & Shrubs / 153
• Mammals / 171
• Fish / 185
• Birds / 191
• Silver! Photo Section / 199
• History / 207
• Contributors & Acknowledgments / 227
• Road and Trail Map / 235
• Index / 241

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