Deepest Valley: A Guide to Owens Valley, Its Roadsides and Mountain Trails - Softcover

Dedecker, Mary; James, Gret; Heindel, Jo; Heindel, Tom; Klieforth, Harold; Pister, Phil; Jeff Putnam; Genny Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931378141 ISBN 13: 9780931378140

Publisher: Spellbinder Books, 1995

Synopsis

In eastern California, four hours north of Los Angeles, lies a long, trough-shaped valley bordered on either side by massive mountain ranges. Valley and mountains together form a region of superlatives. Here you will find our highest peak outside Alaska, Mount Whitney; the oldest of all living things, the bristlecone pine; and our deepest valley, the Owens. Completely revised after fifteen years of additional research, this cherished guide is now back in print, thirty-three years after its original publication. The book contains thirty pages of photographs by America's premiere landscape photographers; rare historic photographs; drawings of wildflowers, trees, birds, and mammals, as well as a road and trail map, geologic and mountain drawings, old mining, and railroad maps.

About this title

From the Publisher:

If you're continuing your journey up California's eastern Sierra Nevadas, consider Genny Smith's companion book, Mammoth Lakes Sierra.

From the Author:

In this second edition, a wealth of new information has been incorporated since Deepest Valley's publication over thirty years ago. The back country hasn't changed, but roads to trailheads have changed considerably. The Sierra is still granite, but the theory about how the granite formed is much different now, as Paul Bateman explains. Another significant change in this edition is Greg James's explanation of recent developments in the Inyo County / Los Angeles Department of Water and Power controversy over groundwater export -- a story that is not yet finished. We also couldn't resist adding Hal Klieforth's new chapter on climate. The chapters on birds and mammals have been greatly enlarged. Thanks to Mary DeDecker, all plant names conform with the Jepson Manual. Phil Pister has added pages on native fishes, and Peggy Gray, a local Bishop artist, has created beautiful drawings, while Forest Service artist Mary Ambrose contributed a new road and trail map.

About this edition

• Publisher: Spellbinder Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0931378141
• ISBN 13: 9780931378140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279
• Editor: Bateman Paul Charles