Pacific Crest Trail California North Trails illustrated national geographic

Topographic MapsThe Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Map Pack, California North, includes two Topographic Map Guides that cover the PCT as it traverses the jumbled terrain of northern California from the Oregon border past the lava fields of Mount Lassen at the southern edge of the Cascade Range. The maps start at Siskiyou Summit, which defines the border between Oregon and California, it then passes through the Klamath Mountains, past the jagged peaks of Castle Crags, past the volcanic cones of Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, and finally ends at the northern border of the Sierra Nevada at Sierra Buttes.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 thep