SIERRA BUTTES AND LOWER SARDINE LAKE RICH REID Longitude West 121° of Greenwich FREMONT-WINEMA OREGON NATIONAL FOREST S JOSH MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY E E Renner Lake 42° Hatfield 42° Kalina 139 Mt. Bidwell N K WWII VALOR Los 8290 ft IN THE PACIFIC ETulelake K t 2527 m Carr Butte 5482 ft . N.M. N. r B E E 1671 m F i Dalton C d Tuber k Goose Obsidian Mines w . w Cow Head o I CLIMBING THE NORTHEAST RIDGE OF BEAR CREEK SPIRE E Will Visit any of four obsidian mines—Pink Lady, Lassen e Tule Homestead E l Lake Stronghold l Creek Rainbow, Obsidian Needles, and Middle Fork Lake Lake TULE LAKE C ENewell Clear Lake Davis Creek—and take in the startling colors and r shapes of this dense, glass-like lava rock. With the . NATIONAL WILDLIFE ECopic Reservoir L proper permit you can even excavate some yourself. a A EM CLEAR LAKE s EFort Bidwell REFUGE E IG s Liskey R NATIONAL WILDLIFE e A n N Y T REFUGE C A E T r W MODOC R K . Y A B Kandra I Blue Mt. 5750 ft L B T Y S 1753 m Emigrant Trails Scenic Byway R NATIONAL o S T C l LAVA E Lava ows, canyons, farmland, and N E e Y Cornell U N s A vestiges of routes trod by early O FOREST BEDS I W C C C Y S B settlers and gold miners. 5582 ft r B K WILDERNESS Y . C C W 1701 m Surprise Valley Hot Springs I Double Head Mt. K A B LAVA BEDS A N N Y Located upon one of the valley’s many E S Captain Jack’s Stronghold C G Upper S u 120° N NATIONAL geothermal springs, this resort-style getaway I Davis Creek E S R Follow the interpretive trails through an ancient L channels hot artesian water into private I P A S E Lake MONUMENT Mammoth lava ow where Modoc leader Captain Jack and R L O T E mineral baths found in each suite or villa. Carter Reservoir Wild MODOC R T Visitor Center a small band of tribe members used a maze of r R Lounge in a therapeutic tub while stargazing N A Horse Herd A natural trenches up to 26 feet deep as a nal U B at a dark sky unencumbered by big city lights. R Bring your own horse for a guided, G E holdout against U.S. forces in 1873. I high-desert ride through wild mustang M Ainshea E p Perez E KLAMATH Butte M O D O C territory. Raker and E M E NATIONAL Thomas Reservoirs r TionestaK O Lake City Timber Mt. 5086 ft EMeares FOREST 7622 ft 1550 m Bald Mt. K i Glass Mountain 2323 m Big Sage K Modoc National Wildlife Refuge Reservoir 395 8270 ft Bring your binoculars for a look at migratory Chimney Rock 2521 m Historical Monument s Medicine L. waterfowl that nest and feed amid these M wetlands and meadows. Remains of the residence of one of the region’s rst pioneers. 299 E O t e Hackamore i P E Medicine Lake Highlands k Cedarville r Outdoor Explore dozens of lava tube caves along a broad NATIONAL o F NATIONAL shield volcano, used as an underground ice E JnR Hotel WAY 139 EAmbrose Daphnedale Park . BY IC skating business in the early 20th century. N MODOC N.W.R. Middle N V BURNEY FALLS E Mud Lake AlturasE E C Adventures GABBRO / ALAMY S C Juniper Dorris R I N E D Alkali A Hollenbeck Reservoir Deep Crater K 299 a A hiker reclines on a stony ridge separating Lake Tahoe from C L 4839 ft O E P V 1475 m i the Great Basin terrain of Nevada. To the east lies a sagebrush Pit ne C C Canby reek O E Lake l D desert, its soil so dry in places that occasional wind gusts whip E E O Scarface California Natural Beauty M Happy Trails Studio the dust a half-mile high into the air. To the west the snowcapped SHASTA-TRINITY Pines l On cold spring nights, halos of translucent ice freeze around Artist Zelma Allan uses color and detail to KWarren Peak Sierra crest shimmers, folded and scoured by heat and ice. capture authentic, human moments and 9710 ft O midstream boulders. As the sun rises, the circles of ice start to FOREST broad landscapes of the Old West. View 2960 m e Below is Lake Tahoe, its cobalt blue hue reflecting the sky. Willow Creek Ranch paintings, mosaics, jewelry, and more. N melt, but not before a cross-country skier crouches streamside NATIONAL Demuth E S Monstrous peaks, cascading rivers, glacier-carved cirques— E Visit one of the world’s largest producers of . E y F McArthur Slagger E Hambone the Sierra Nevada’s endless landforms are playgrounds for to admire the clear fragile shards. In an hour the ice halos will ranch-raised, organic caviar. Tour the naturally o EEagleville EWhite Horse Egg Lake spring-fed ponds used to raise white sturgeon, an r FOREST be gone. k adventure. R Whitehorse Flat ancient freshwater sh, for the production of P FOREST E i Reservoir y caviar on a homestead dating back to 1871. Bayley Eagle Peak The mountain range hosts the oldest living plant on Earth, For all of the Sierra Nevada’s grandeur—the granite forma- t K C 9892 ft tions, the broad meadows, the glittering lakes—there are many Fox Mt. K6394 ft 3015 m the bristlecone pine, and grows the largest living organism on k E e 1949 m Bartle E e small and fleeting pleasures. Being in solitude, being quiet, Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park B re A Lower earth, the giant sequoia tree. It has some of the world’s clearest V i Lookout C O g Mill l E Lake being at ease in nature—in all of these situations a person L Accessible only by boat, this serene wilderness Likely Ea Emerson Peak alpine lakes and one of the nation’s saltiest lakes. It contains an C V Junction s K A t C N of natural springs and lava ows is ideal for a r. 8989 ft can find renewal. When President Theodore Roosevelt visited IC LE l West Valley 2740 m astonishingly large geologic form called a batholith, a seam of G shing, bird-watching, and nature photography. l E l VOLCANIC LEGACY SCENIC BYWAY E A C e Curtis Y S EPondosa y Lookout E Reservoir continuous granite 6 miles deep and 25,000 square miles at the Yosemite National Park in 1903, he celebrated the joys of From the steaming vents of California’s Lassen Volcanic National CE Adin W NI M Park to Oregon’s Crater Lake, evidence of violent subterranean C B r YW ea C o a nature, exclaiming, “This has been the grandest day of my life.” E AY B r Parsnip surface, featuring one of the nation’s tallest peaks, Mt. Whitney. forces—lava tubes, black volcanic rock, and magnificent Mt. u C E Lava Rock Ranch Obie Widow Mt. Kn e Springs Shasta—reveal themselves along 500 miles of roadway. Glacier- d It also hides one of the Earth’s most important metals, gold. Roosevelt’s friend, the naturalist-conservationist John Muir, ex- 6321 ft t Ash Creek View local artist Kay Minto’s unique and t V Likely Mountain a and spring-fed rivers plunge over basalt cliffs as at Burney Falls, 1927 m a i K r nationally acclaimed sculptures of welded P plained his own relationship with wilderness this way: “Everybody Volcanic Legacy i 7376 ft Challenged by such extremes, adventurers find ways to test considered by many to be the most beautiful waterfall in California. n C aluminum, bronze, and native lava rock. Scenic Byway 2248 m s E needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, Bieber ESage Hen r their grit in the Sierra by kayaking thunderous rivers or hiking 89 W P . KBald Mt. Big Lake il where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.” lo along the 1,072-mile Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Some 5536 ft Nubieber E w Moon Horr Pond g 1687 m Lake In the Sierra, the excitement of beauty is everywhere: a hiker C E Boot Lake explore the Sierra High Route at 10,000 feet, while others land Tule re Pinnio e E 299 i in a sheltered streambed notices flowers that seem to float in SHASTA-TRINITY Glenburn k Duck wild trout or ski backcountry bowls. Some become heroes: E EPittville Pit River E EMadeline Lake shadows like crimson stars; a motorist pausing at a Kings NATIONAL McArthur Fort Crook Museum “Snowshoe Thompson” delivered mail to mountain hamlets on Inter-Mountain Fair B L. Britton Try your hand at crafting metal using a Spooner Canyon National Park viewpoint is moved to tears by a panorama E FOREST Fall River forge, anvil, and other blacksmithing tools L handmade wooden skis; Norman Clyde and Clarence King scaled Big Bend E Reservoir of granite cliffs; and a kayaker paddling next to a white tufa McArthur-Burney Falls EFour Corners Mills at the big round barn in the historic town 41° 14,000-foot peaks and inspired a new breed of mountaineers. 41° Memorial State Park Fall River Hotel of Fall River Mills. tower touches the stone’s chalky surface with her thumb and Primitive camping near a Fly-sh to your heart’s content in the Dodge Reservoir The Sierra landscape fires the imaginations of explorers both stunning 129-foot waterfall.