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Nothing can prepare your for the off-the-charts mountain scenery, wildflower meadows
and alpine lakes of the Sierra Nevada, what John Muir called the 'Range of Light.' Take
this 850-mile trip in summer, when all roads are open.
To gaze in awe up at the world's biggest trees and down at a gorge deeper than the
Grand Canyon, start in
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
. Go west, then north to
Yosemite National Park
, where thunderous waterfalls and eroded granite monoliths over-
hang a verdant valley.
Soar over the Sierra Nevada's snowy rooftop on Yosemite's high-elevation
Tioga Rd
(open seasonally). It's a quick trip south on Hwy 395 to
Mammoth Lakes
, an all-seasons
adventure base camp, and 100 more miles to
Lone Pine
, in the shadow of mighty
Mt
Whitney
.
Backtracking north, gaze out over
Mono Lake
and its odd-looking tufa formations,
which you can paddle past in a kayak. Head to
Lake Tahoe
, a deep-blue jewel cradled by
jutting peaks endowed with rugged hiking trails, hot springs and the slopes of ski resorts.
Roll across the Nevada state line for casino nightlife in
Reno
.
