California! Sierras! Highway passes - I-80 Donner Pass / Truckee (north Taho) - (a few more around Tahoe) - SR-88 - SR-4 (closed in winter) - SR-108 (closed in winter) - SR-120 (yosemite to lake mono) (closed in winter, Nov to May) - (huge stretch with no roads through) - SR-178 Big National Parks - Yosemite Valley: ~3.5hr no traffic => side roads closed Nov to May => backcountry cabin is first-come-first-served Dec to March => https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/fulltrailheads.htm - Kings Canyon: 4-5hr - Sequoia: 4.5rh "East" Sierras - Big Pine Lakes: 6.5 hour drive via HW 120 Excellent overview map: http://www.highsierratrails.com/northern_sierra_trails.html ~3.5 hour drive to Yosemite Valley ------------------------- Mt Adams! Mt Saint Helens! (snow) Training/Prep: - Camp Muir (Rainier) - Hurrican Ridge? - mt stuart (scramble; cascadian couloir) - cashmere https://www.summitpost.org/victoria-s-secret-nw-face/936099 - enchantments in winter? Also big/interesting: - second sister - shasta (CA) - whitney (CA) - rainier - baker