Pacific Crest Trail: Klamath Mountains Map [Siskiyou Summit to Castle Crags] (National Geographic Topographic Map Guide, 1006)

Description

• Waterproof • Tear-Resistant • Topographic Map The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) covered in the Klamath Mountains Topographic Map Guide in this part of northern California travels through the Klamath Mountains and parallels the southern end of the Cascade Range. The distinctive regions of the Cascade Range, Coast Ranges, and Central Valley converge at the Klamath Mountains, creating an environment with unparalleled diversity. The PCT reaches the Siskiyou Mountains near Ashland, Oregon, then travels through the Marble Mountains and Russian wilderness areas. As the PCT travels further south it passes through the Scott Mountains before arriving at the picturesque spires and domes of Castle Crags, a granite intrusion exposed by millions of years of erosion. The PCT spans 2,650 miles from the Canadian border, through Washington, Oregon, and California to the southern terminus at the Mexican border. The famous trail crosses some of the most wild and scenic landscapes of the western U.S., including six national parks, 25 national forests, 48 wilderness areas, the volcanic Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, the snowcapped Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Each PCT Topographic Map Guide includes detailed topographic maps at a scale of almost 1 inch = 1 mile. Each page is centered on the PCT and overlaps with the adjacent pages so there is little chance of getting lost. Along the bottom of each page is a trail profile that shows the distance between camping areas, trailheads, and other points of interest. The map and trail profile provide a step by step visual guide to hiking the trail, mile by rugged mile. The Topographic Map Guide is built for all levels of hiking enthusiasts, from the day tripper to the multi month 'thru-hiker'. The front pages of the printed Topographic Map Guide include resupply locations, health and safety information, and much more. More convenient and easier to use than folded maps, but just as compact and lightweight, National Geographic's Topographic Map Guide booklets are printed on "Backcountry Tough" waterproof, tear-resistant paper with stainless steel staples. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation. Other features found on this map include: Boulder Peak, Callahan, Castella, Castle Crags, China Mountain, Dunsmuir, Hilt, Marble Mountains, Rogue River National Forest, Russian Peak, Scott Mountains, Shasta National Forest, Siskiyou, Trinity Mountains. Map Scale = 1:75,000 Folded Size = 4.25" x 9.38" Review: Bring a magnifying glass - There is a lot of information in this booklet, but you are going to need a magnifying glass or powerful reading glasses to see the detail. It is well made on waterproofed paper and the content on the pages overlap which makes it easier to use. If you are doing a whole section of the PCT this is probably worth the weight. It seemed like the trail mileages didn’t perfectly match other trail guides, making it a process to figure out where specific trail features (like water sources and campsites) were on the map. I was only doing a short section so I scanned the specific pages and printed them on a laser printer. Some of the detail was easier to see in black and white. I left the book at home. Review: Great for planning, but probably won't take these on the PCT. - These are heavy and too detailed and a bit too small for PCT hiking in my opinion. I like a little more clarity on the topo lines when looking for possible campsites. The are great for looking at roads and access points, for planning, etc. I plan to take the map pages out of the new Wilderness Press PCT Guides - they are lighter and easier to read on the move than the Nat Geo maps, and they are much better than the maps in the older Wilderness Press PCT Guide versions. I miss Halfmile's maps!