15 gift ideas for outdoor lovers who visit Tahoe, Yosemite and High Sierra

The Excessive Sierra: A Love Story, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Famend futurist author and Davis resident Kim Stanley Robinson has been captivated by the Excessive Sierra for many years – and this
new book
($40) gives a cheerful ramble via favourite locations, gear ideas (go mild!) and the sheer pleasure of being excessive within the wilderness. He’s acquired opinions on all the things: The Excessive Sierra is superior to Yosemite, off-trail is best than on-trail, John Muir will not be a racist and so forth. The e book is a bit jumbled, however that’s effective – it’s how love expresses itself.

Half Dome whiskey glasses

Your buddies survived the Half Dome cables. Now it’s time for a toast – and what higher glass to boost than one with Half Dome itself embedded within the backside? This
set of 2 whiskey glasses
($19), made by Huckberry, is foolish however enjoyable.

Nationwide Parks move

With
Yosemite no longer requiring entry reservations,
it’s an ideal probability to offer family members an
annual entrance pass
to all the nation’s nationwide parks. It’s $80 for most individuals, however free for energetic army and Gold Star households — and in addition 4th graders throughout their faculty 12 months. For seniors, an annual move is $20 and a lifetime move is $80.

Tubing on Tahoe’s latest course

Even when your child will not be (but) into snowboarding, how a few household snow-tubing outing? Tahoe has a
handful of courses;
the most recent, opening Dec. 17 at Sugar Bowl Resort for the primary time, known as
Sugar Rush. It’s $40 per two hours for greater of us, and $20 for 2 hours for youths lower than 42 inches inches tall.

Tahoe trucker hats or T-shirts (and different clothes)

Enjoyable Tahoe-specific hats, shirts and neck gaiters are
available from Rise Designs,
a Lake Tahoe-based clothes firm whose display screen printing takes inspiration from the mountains. One other clothes selection: The “Superior” 100% cotton T-shirt displaying a sequoia tree (and its measurement),
sold by Calaveras Big Trees Association
($20). And from Sequoia Conservancy, you will discover
Sequoia/Kings Canyon map socks
($19.99), hats and extra.

Scents of the Sierra

This
vegan candle
($26), a part of a set in honor of the nationwide parks, evokes a hike up Yosemite Falls with delicate aromas of cedarwood, orange and spices. In case you’re in search of scented presents, there are different choices, too – reminiscent of a woodsy “Sequoia fragrance” from the perfume firm Abbott,
sold by the Sequoia Parks Conservancy ($78).

“Is There Nonetheless Gold In Bodie?” by Jennifer Benito-Kowalski

This kids’s e book, geared toward ages 4-9, is a part of the Junior Park Ranger Journey E book Sequence, designed to introduce youngsters to nature and talk the significance of defending it. Writer and Bay Space native Jennifer Benito-Kowalski says she developed the books out of a necessity for kid-focused tales that remember range in parks whereas educating conservation. The e book on Bodie (
$15.99 on jrparkrangerbooks.com), printed this 12 months, is the second within the collection. It supplies a quick historical past of Bodie, the well-known Gold Rush city, and the nice and unhealthy that got here with it.

Yosemite Junior Ranger Subject Information Pack

This set of 4 discipline guides (
$16 from Yosemite Conservancy) — to Yosemite’s wildlife, waterfalls, crops and geology — are inspirational for youths.

Prints by Tom Killion

Marin woodblock artist Tom Killion has “modified how we see our state,” writes Kim Stanley Robinson in his new e book on the Sierra. The truth is, we’ll simply give this evaluation over to Robinson, who raves about Killion’s capacity to seize Sierra timber and ridges and convey “the feelings that fill one within the excessive nation.” Some prints are offered out, however there are nonetheless a lot to select from – search for Killion’s
High Sierra collection. By the use of disclosure: Killion is the brother of Chronicle sports activities columnist Ann Killion, although the reporter penning this blurb realized this solely after being impressed by his prints.

One other means into Killion’s work: “The Excessive Sierra of California” (
$37 from Amazon), printed in 2014, pairs Killion’s photos with journals from Gary Snyder, a lifelong Sierra hand typically often known as the “poet laureate of deep ecology.”

Hoss Yosemite prints

Artist Della Taylor Hoss made a collection of woodcuts whereas dwelling in Yosemite Valley in 1928. For a high-impact reward, her
gorgeous depictions of El Capitan, Half Dome and Cathedral Spires in several seasons have been revived by her grandson, Martino Hoss, who started printing colourful new editions ($250 every) a few decade in the past.