Climber.Org Driving Directions
for Trailheads and Passes
this page updated March 2009, see individual files for more updates

• Shasta and Lassen Area Trailheads
  
• San Francisco Bay Area Trailheads
  
• Central Valley Routes (Western Sierra Approaches)
  
  • Scroll down for more highways and passes.
• Sierra Nevada: (see also the list of Sierra peaks)
  
  • Northern Sierra Trailheads (Lake Tahoe, Sonora Pass, Tioga Pass)
    
  • Eastern Sierra Trailheads and Junctions (Hwy 395 Waypoints)
    
  • Western Sierra Trailheads (including Yosemite Valley but not Tioga Pass)
    
  • Southern Sierra Trailheads (Walker and Sherman Pass area)
    
• Desert Peaks: (see also the list of Desert peaks)
  
  • Great Basin Trailheads UT, most of NV, and part of AZ (east of Hwy 395, north of Death Valley)
    
  • Mojave Desert Trailheads Death Valley and Las Vegas areas (east of Hwy 395)
    
  • Sonora Desert Trailheads southeast of LA, southern AZ, Mexico
    
• Los Angeles Area Trailhead (hey, contributors, why was only Mt Pinos submitted?)

Highways and Passes around the Sierra Nevada:

• 395 Waypoints Hwy 395 turnoffs, not trailheads, on the east side artery
• Southern Sierra passes Tehachapi Pass (Hwy 58) and Walker Pass (Hwy 178)
• Central Valley overview, with a map and links to these routes:
  • Madera to Prather northern approach to Prather
  • Fresno to Prather southern approach to Prather
  • Prather to Shaver Lake to reach the main west-side reservoirs
  • Shaver Lake to Edison and Florence via Kaiser Pass
  • Shaver Lake to Wishon and Courtright via Dinkey Creek
  • Fresno to The Wye northern entry to Sequoia/Kings Canyon
  • Sequoia and Kings Canyon trailheads between The Wye and Three Rivers
  • Visalia to Three Rivers southern entry to Sequoia/Kings Canyon
  • Bakersfield western approaches to Bakersfield, from I-5 and Hwy 99
• Pacheco Pass from Gilroy to I-5 or Hwy 99 on Hwy 152
• Sherman Pass access to Blackrock, Kennedy (S), Big Meadow
• Tahoe area passes Echo Summit (Hwy 50) and Carson Pass (Hwy 88)
• Tioga Pass through Yosemite Hwy 120 over Tioga Pass and the Yosemite Park high country
• Sonora Pass Hwy 108 over Sonora Pass
• Yosemite from the Bay Area how to bypass Oakdale and Tracy to avoid bad traffic