For the third time in the last four years, I am going to do an individualized version of the Sierra Cascade route, with some variations throughout Southern California and the Sierra. I"ll be out for six months starting on April 1st, working from south to north. The Sierra Passes can be tricky at that time of year, but this winter apparently has been a dry one (after an initial burst of snow)...so hopefully I can zig zag across the mountains instead of staying on the central valley side.