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Hiking Yellowstone National Park, 2nd (Hiking Guide Series)

Format: Paperback
Author: Bill Schneider
ReleaseDate: 01 July, 2003
Publisher: Falcon
Rating:

Great resource
It even gives you info on each camp site. This book breaks things down for easy use trail planning, including extra excursions and were to camp on both overnight an longer trips . complaint: sometimes the maps are not next to trail you are reading about but next to another trail in the area. All of the campsites on my topo map are not in the book map although they are described in the back.

Very Few Mid-Range Hikes
It is a surprisingly thick book with lots of trails; unfortunately most of them are either short tourist strolls or long, multi-day back country excursions. I generally like Schneider's guides, and appear to be in the minority here, but I did not love this one. We had difficulty finding hikes that called out to us in the 12-16 mile range (usually not a problem for us - most guides leave us wishing we had 2 weeks to do all the long day hikes we are interested in) and ended up going with ranger recommendations when we got there. If you have 5-10 days for a backcountry trek, this is definitely the book for you. But if you are looking for long day hikes you may want to look elsewhere.

ALONGSIDE THE LONELY PLANET GUIDE, THE WAY TO GO...
As has been noted, there is a quirky regional grouping problem with this guide (it groups the trails geographically rather than by how they are accessed). I found this guide indespensible in planning (and executing) my family's trip to Yellowstone. Yet this book is far better than any of the others I investigated (Orville Bach's is a distant second still worth investing in).

The Lonely Planet guide to the Yellowstone region really goes hand in hand with this one. The Lonely Planet gives a good overview with some regional coloring. This guide really lets you know what you're up against trail-wise.

One thing that humored me greatly in our jorney across country were the varying uses of "easy, moderate, and strenuous" in the different parks between my house and Yellowstone. A free tip: An "easy" trail in Yellowstone is substantially more difficult than any "strenuous" trail at Mount Rushmore.

Yellowstone is a place of haunting beauty. It was probably inadvisable for me to go at such a young age (I am in my twenties)--I will spend years longing to go back.

Get this guide. Go to Yellowstone. Explore the trails, not just the boardwalks.

You'll never regret it.

There is no place on Earth that I give a higher recommendation (with the possible exception of the Tetons).

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