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Two other significant trail conditions have also been described in the text: the degree of openness (type and degree of forest cover, if any, or else “meadow,” “brush,” or whatever) and underfooting (talus, scree, pumice, sand, “duff”—a deep humus ground cover of rotting vegetation—or other material).

A “use trail” is an unmaintained, unofficial trail that is more or less easy to follow because it is well worn by use. For example, nearly every Sierra lakeshore has a use trail worn around it by anglers in search of their prey.

Landmarks: The text contains occasional references to points, peaks, and other landmarks. These places are shown on the appropriate topographic maps cited at the beginning of the trip. For example, “Point 9426” in the text would refer to a point designated simply “9426” on the map itself.

Fire Damage: The Forest Service and the Park Service have a policy of letting fires in the backcountry burn as long as they are not a threat to people or structures. One result has been some pretty poor-looking scenery on some trips in this book. However, most of the fire-damaged areas have begun to recover soon enough that we have chosen not to delete the affected trips from the book.