Links

Here are a few internet sites we love:

http://www.highsierratopix.com/ a great site with an active and very helpful forum on the topic

https://bpbasecamp.freeforums.net/ A wonderful group of people who backpack...and help each other out

http://www.backpacking.net/bbs.html another good forum site...more national in scope but has some good information

http://yosemitenews.info/forum/index.php very active site with people who know Yosemite inside and out.

http://tahoetowhitney.com/index.html a very thorough site that covers the wonderful trail (and variations) from Lake Tahoe to Mt. Whitney.

http://www.tarol.com/backpacking.html nice site from a regular poster on backpacking who has great experience in the Southern Sierra.

http://www.highcountryflyfisher.com/ this one is full of great information about....yep--fly fishing in the high sierra! What fun!

http://www.undiscovered-yosemite.com/ a wonderful personal approach to Yosemite by someone who was born there--son of a park naturalist.

http://www.rayjardine.com/ the ultimate guru of ultralight backpacking

This website from volunteers from Desolation Wilderness...http://desowv.org/trail-conditions which has good information on current trail conditions.

http://www.avidbackpackers.com/ is the trip logs of a group of younger guys who backpack around Northern California. Fun stuff, and some good trail information.

http://www.wildbackpacker.com has a good links page, as well as information about backpacking in lots of different areas.

Webcams? try these:

http://www.sierracamnetwork.com/

And some National Park Sites:

http://www.nps.gov/lavo/index.htm Lassen

http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm Yosemite

http://www.nps.gov/seki/index.htm Sequoia/Kings Canyon

And don't forget our National Forests:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/forests.shtml

And here is an NGO (non-governmental agency) that is working to protect the Sierra:

http://www.cserc.org/index.html