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Yosemite & the Sierra Nevada
Yosemite National Park ............................. 400 Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks ............................. 418 Mono Lake Area ...........429 Mammoth Lakes ..........436 Bishop ..........................442 Manzanar National Historic Site..................446 Reno (Nevada) ............. 447
Best Places to Eat » Mountain Room Restaurant (p 411 ) » Lakefront Restaurant (p 440 ) » Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort (p 417 ) » Convict Lake Resort (p 442 ) » Narrow Gauge Inn (p 415 )
Best Places to Stay » Yosemite High Sierra Camps (p 413 ) » Ahwahnee Hotel (p 409 ) » Sierra Sky Ranch (p 415 ) » Evergreen Lodge (p 411 ) » Benton Hot Springs (p 443 )
Why Go? An outdoor adventurer’s wonderland, the Sierra Nevada is a year-round pageant of snow sports, white-water rafting, hiking, cycling and rock climbing. Skiers and snowboarders blaze through hushed pine-tree slopes, and wilderness seekers come to escape the stresses of modern civilization.
With fierce granite mountains standing watch over highaltitude lakes, the eastern spine of California is a formidable but exquisite topographical barrier enclosing magnificent natural landscapes. And interspersed between its river canyons and 14,000ft peaks are the decomposing ghost towns left behind by California’s early white settlers, bubbling natural hot springs and Native American tribes that still call it home.
In the majestic national parks of Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon, visitors will be humbled by the groves of solemn giant sequoias, ancient rock formations and valleys, and the ever-present opportunity to see bears and other wildlife.
When to Go Yosemite National Park °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 10/250
30/86 8/200
20/68 6/150
10/50 4/100
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May & Jun The Jul & Aug Head Dec–Mar Take a Yosemite water for the mountains wintertime romp falls are gushing for wilderness through snowy and spectacular adventures and forests. in spring. glorious sun
shine.
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