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Sierra High Route, the Glossary

The Sierra High Route (also called the Roper Route and the High Route) is a cross-country hiking route, long, through the Sierra Nevada.^[1]

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Hiking trails in California

Backpacker (magazine)

Backpacker is an American lifestyle magazine publication that features information on wilderness hiking and adventure.

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Cartridge Creek

Cartridge Creek is a creek near Fresno, California.

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Cathedral Range

The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park.

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Cirque

A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Compass

A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation.

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Devils Postpile National Monument

Devils Postpile National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located near Mammoth Mountain in Eastern California.

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Feather Peak is a 13,240-foot-elevation (4,036 meter) mountain summit located west of the Royce Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. Sierra High Route and Feather Peak are Sierra Nevada (United States).

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Grade (climbing)

Many climbing routes have a grade that reflects the technical difficulty—and in some cases the risks and commitment level—of the route.

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Inyo National Forest

Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada.

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John Muir Trail

The John Muir Trail (JMT) (Paiute: Nüümü Poyo, N-ue-mue Poh-yo) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, passing through Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Sierra High Route and John Muir Trail are hiking trails in California, long-distance trails in the United States and Sierra Nevada (United States).

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Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Sierra High Route and Kings Canyon National Park are Sierra Nevada (United States).

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Minaret Lake

Minaret Lake is a lake in the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada, in California.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.

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Ritter Range

The Ritter Range is a small mountain range within California's Sierra Nevada.

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San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River (Río San Joaquín) is the longest river of Central California.

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Scree

Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.

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Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. Sierra High Route and Sierra Nevada are Sierra Nevada (United States).

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Steve Roper

Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States.

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Topographic map

In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), but historically using a variety of methods.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_High_Route

Also known as Roper Route, Southern Sierra High Route.