Tag: Sierra Nevada Mountains

Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada is one of North America’s great mountain ranges, a sweeping wall of granite, forests, alpine lakes, deep canyons, and snow-covered summits extending along the eastern side of California and into western Nevada. Home to Mount Whitney, Yosemite Valley, giant sequoia groves, and some of the most celebrated wilderness in the United States, …

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Mount Ritter, A Marvel of Nature

When the electrified chaos of the city becomes too loud, it is necessary to escape to nature. John Muir waxed poetic on the subject, and I would tend to agree with his waxings. A visit to Mount Ritter, whose jagged profile can be seen from his eponymous trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central …

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