New book by Piero Scaruffi:
Synthesis: photographs, poems and meditations

Hiking in California

Subtitled: "I am both the hiker and the trail"

"Solvitur ambulando" ("It is solved by walking"), adage of the wandering scholars of medieval Europe

"I am both the hiker and the trail" (a character in one of piero scaruffi's books)

Working on a book about hiking... "Somewhere is Not a Place"

Pictures of California hikes

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Unlike most photo albums, that focus mainly on the hikers, my photos focus on the route and the trail. Hopefully, this is a useful tool for other hikers.

The older pictures are very small because in those days most people had slow Internet; which is still true in many parts of the world.


Ventana Wilderness 2009

Bay Area

  • Click here for Bay Area hikes (Point Reyes, Mt Tamalpais, Pescadero Creek Park, Big Basin, Sierra Azul, Sweeney Ridge, Mission Peak, Sunol, Del Valle, Ohlone Wilderness, Rose Peak, Marine Headlands, Monterey, Mt Diablo, Portola Redwoods, etc)

    Yosemite

  • Map of Yosemite hikes
  • El Capitan, Yosemite (***)
  • Upper Falls and El Capitan, Yosemite (***)
  • Half Dome, Yosemite (***)
  • Tenaya Lake to Cloud's Rest, Yosemite (*****)
  • Glacier Point, Yosemite (**)
  • Pohono Trail from Glacier Point to Wavona Tunnel, Yosemite (**)
  • May Lake to Ten Lakes, Yosemite (****)
  • Mt Dana, Yosemite (**)
  • Saddlebag Lake to McCabe lakes To Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite (***)
  • Mt Conness via Young Lakes, Yosemite (***)
  • Tioga Lake to Mt Conness region, Yosemite (*)
  • Mt Lyell, Yosemite (****)
  • Mirror Lake to North Dome to Upper Falls, Yosemite (****)
  • Upper Falls and North Dome from Tioga Rd, Yosemite (**)
  • Upper Falls, Yosemite (***)
  • Cathedral Lake, Yosemite (*)
  • Tuolumne Falls, Yosemite (*)
  • Waterwheel Falls, Yosemite (**)
  • Wawona to Glacier Pt road via Chilnualna Falls, Yosemite (**)
  • Mt Warren (Hoover Wilderness) (**)
  • Lundy Canyon (*)

    Western Sierra

  • Kings Canyon
  • Sphinx Lakes (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Milestone Mt (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Mt Kaweah (Kings Canyon) (****)
  • Crossing the Kings-Kern Divide to Reflection Lake (****)
  • Mt Brewer via East Lake and Sphinx Lakes (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Mt Stanford via East Lake (*****)
  • Gregory Monument via Harrison Pass (****)
  • Reflection Lake and Lucy's Pass (Kings Canyon) (****)
  • Gardiner Pass (***)
  • Alta Peak (**)
  • Glen Pass and Rae Lakes (****)
  • Charlotte Lake via Charlotte Creek (***)
  • East Lake (Kings Canyon) (***)
  • Lake Edison to Silver Pass and Goodale Pass (***)
  • Lake Florence to Selden Pass (***)
  • San Gorgonio (**)
  • San Gorgonio South Fork (**)

    Trans-Sierra

  • Roads End to Onion Valley via Kearsarge Pass (Kings Canyon) (*****)
  • Edison Lake to Mosquito Flat via Mono Pass (Mono Divide) (**)
  • Lake Florence to North Lake via Piute Pass (Mono Divide) (***)
  • Mammoth trailhead to Devil's Postpile (**)
  • Mt Morgan (4200m) (**)
  • Mt Tom (4161m) (**)
  • Mt Tom from Horton Lakes (4161m) (**)
  • Mt Humphreys (4265m) (***)
  • Lake Edison to Rovana via Italy Pass (***)

    Eastern Sierra

    (map of the Eastern Sierra)
  • Gem Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (**)
  • Thousand Island Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness (**)
  • Mt Ritter, Ansel Adams Wilderness (****)
  • Mt Abbot, Ansel Adams Wilderness (***)
  • White Mountain (**)
  • Mt Whitney's main trail (****)
  • Mt Muir (****)
  • Mt Mallory from Meysan Lakes (***)
  • Mt Leconte from Tuttle Creek (***)
  • Mt Leconte from Meysan Lakes (***)
  • Tuttle Basin (**)
  • Mt Whitney's Mountaineering or North fork trail (*****)
  • Mt Sill via Palisade Glacier (*****)
  • Mt Sill via Bishop Pass (*****)
  • Mt Sill via Elinor Lake (*****)
  • Mt Sill via Big Pine Creek's south fork (*****)
  • Middle Palisade (*****)
  • Scimitar Pass (****)
  • Split Mt (****)
  • Mt Gayley (***)
  • Haeckel-Darwin Pass (***)
  • Mt Hawkins (**)
  • Emerald Lakes (*)
  • Mt Darwin's north ridge (****)
  • Lake Sabrina to North Lake via Mt Darwin (****)
  • Mt Darwin via Lamarck Col (****)
  • Evolution Lake via Lamarck Col (****)
  • Palisades via Bishop Pass (***)
  • South Lake to Bishop Pass (*)
  • North Palisade (*****)
  • Thunderbolt Peak from Bishop Pass (*****)
  • Mt Agassiz (***)
  • Mt Winchell (***)
  • Shepherd Pass and Mt Williamson (*****)
  • Mt Williamson descending via George Creek (*****)
  • Mt Barnard (***)
  • Junction Peak (***)
  • University Pass to Mt Stanford to Kearsarge Pass (***)
  • Caltech Peak (***)
  • Mt Williamson from North Bairs Creek (*****)
  • Mt Tyndall (****)
  • Mt Keith (****)
  • Mt Russell - eastern ridge (****)
  • Mt Russell - northern ridge (****)
  • Mt Carillon (***)
  • Mt Langley via Cottonwood Lakes (****)

    Coastal/South of the Bay Area

  • Pinnacles (*)
  • Monterey (*)
  • Big Sur (**)
  • China Camp to Big Sur Station in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Bottcher's Gap to Double Cone in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Los Padres Dam to Double Cone in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Double Cone via Mt Manuel in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Pfeiffer Park to Tin House Camp via Mt Manuel in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Pfeiffer Park to Bottchers Gap in Ventana Wilderness (***)
  • Andrew Molera to Pico Blanco in Ventana Wilderness (**)
  • Junipero Serra Peak in Los Padres National Forest (*)
  • Arroyo Seco in Ventana Wilderness (*)
  • Pico Blanco from Botther's Gap in Ventana Wilderness (*)
  • Pinyon Peak in Los Padres National Forest (**)
  • From Santa Lucia Memorial to Arroyo Seco in Los Padres National Forest (***)
  • Cone Peak, Ventana Wilderness (**)

    Desert

  • Death Valley: Racetrack, Darwin Falls, Dunes, Badwater, Zabriskie Point, etc (****)
  • Death Valley: Telescope Peak (***)
  • Joshua Tree Park (*)
  • Cactus to the Clouds (San Jacinto Peak) (***)
  • Reyes Creek to Piedra Blanca, Sespe Wilderness (**)
  • Mt Wilson (*)
  • Sandstone Peak/ Mt Allen (*)

    Low Sierra

  • Mt Tallac to Dick's Pass to Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, Desolation Wilderness (*)
  • Pyramid Peak, Desolation Wilderness (**)
  • Velma Lakes and Dick's Peak, Desolation Wilderness (**)
  • Round Top, Mokelumne Wilderness (**)

    Northern California

  • Mt Shasta via Avalanche Gulch (****)
  • Mt Shasta via Clearcreek (***)
  • Lassen Volcanic Park (*)
  • Thompson Peak via Canyon Creek (***)
  • Mt Eddy (***)
  • Lost Coast and King Range (*)
  • Redwood National Park (*)
  • Prairie Creek Redwoods Park (**)
  • Mendocino region (*)
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