50 Spectacular Hikes in the American and Canadian West: Color Edition

When the weather is picture-perfect and an ordinary “nice” hike won’t do, that’s the time to refer to this book. This book describes 50 hikes in detail, covering some of the most visually stunning areas of the west, and all of them reachable by day hikes: - The remote backcountry of California’s Sierra Nevada. - The colorful canyons and slickrock of southern Utah and northern Arizona. - The 14,000’ high mountains of central Colorado, many accessible to the ordinary hiker. - Washington State, with three majestic volcanoes and numerous glaciers. - The British Columbia Coast Mountains, wilder than any mountain range in the Continental US, yet hardly known except locally. - The six national parks in and around the Canadian Rockies, close to the lower 48 states yet looking more like Alaska. Each hike description tells you what you want to know before going: WHY it’s so rewarding to go there, HOW to get there, WHAT to expect on the trail, and WHERE to get additional information. The first 50 hikes are also accompanied by a photo to whet your appetite and a topographic map of the entire route to give you an appreciation of the terrain. As a BONUS, another 60+ hikes are described more briefly, but still with enough information to guide you. Note: this is the COLOR EDITION.