Central Caribou Loop (Backpacking)

Redding, CA -- John Muir called the Sierra Nevada a gentle wilderness, but take almost any Sierra hike in this book, and you’ll find you may climb 2000–3000 feet in any given day. That’s not gentle. To experience a (Season: Best mid-July through late September)

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