Canadian Rockies Trail Guide

Canadian Rockies Trail Guide

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  • Paperback
  • Edition: 8th
  • Author: Brian Patton and Bart Robinson
  • Publisher: Summerthought Publishing
  • Release Date: April 2007
  • ISBN-10: 0978237501
  • ISBN-13: 9780978237509
  • List Price: $24.95

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With sales of over 230,000 copies, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is one of best-selling non fiction books in Canadian publishing history. Hikers affectionately refer to this hiking guidebook as the Bible.

When it was published in 1971, it was the first book with accurate distances and detailed descriptions to the trails of the Canadian Rockies.

The 8th edition covers more than 3,400 kilometres of trails in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay and Waterton Lakes National Parks, plus the provincial parks of Mt. Assinboine, Mt. Robson, Akamina-Kishinena, Peter Lougheed, and Elk Lakes.

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Great hikes in the Canadian Rockies

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For 15 days I used the Trail Guide to plan and execute my hikes. I did not backpack, but used the quide only for day hikes. The book always enabled me to easily find the trailhead. The desciptions of the hikes were always accurate and useful. The authors warn you about trails that are popular and crowded. They were. They also warn you of any difficulties that you might encounter. For example, for the Cory Pass- Mount Edith Circuit they give a caution: "Do not underestimate the physical exertion that this trail requires." It was an exhausting day.
The Trail Guide enabled me to have 15 days of great hiking. I would highly recommend it for anyone's vacation in the Canadian Rockies.

Great!

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If you are planning to go to the canadian rockies and you like to do multi day-hikes, this is your book. Forget about all others. Forget about the big brand names in travel literature. This is it.

very useful

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The format of this book is great - you can find everything you need very easily. All the information about the trails is there with very fair descriptions. It is just what we needed.

The best hiking book to the Canadian Rockies

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I've been traveling to the Canadian Rockies to hike for 3 decades, and this book has always proved its worth. I used this newest edition on an extended trip last year and found that the trails I hiked were all accurately described. What I've always found most helpful in this book is the "log" of each trail, with detailed descriptions of junctions and landmarks that is seperate from the main trail information and makes it easy for me to know where along the trail I am. The book is divided into chapters by parks, with almost every trail in every park covered, from short walks to overnight trails. In closing, I highly recommend this book for anyone planning a trip to the region.

Great encyclopedia, but unhelpful with finding great trails

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This book is a great reference with 229 trails throughout the parks of the Canadian Rockies. If you've already selected a trail, it's great.

However, it's not great for planning an itinerary. I bought this book a couple of months in advance of a 10-day trip to the region, hoping to find two great 3-day hikes that we could plan the rest of our trip around. I soon discovered the Achilles' heel of this book--there are no ratings. In order to see how good a hike is, you have to read about it. In order to find the most desirable hikes in the book, I'd have to read more than 400 pages! I actually tried this, and started to read from the beginning, making notes about which hikes seemed particularly interesting--and then decided to check out the other books that are available. I immediately found "Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies" by Kathy and Craig Copeland, which readily classifies trails into categories based on how scenic and pleasant they are. From that book, I rapidly found some great trails, and planned our itinerary.

Imagine a book filled with essays about hundreds of movies, but no ratings. It would be great for understanding more about a movie you had already chosen, but not very helpful for choosing a movie. So it is with this encyclopedic work--if you've already decided where you're hiking, or have narrowed it down to a few possibilities, this books is great. But there are much better choices if you're planning a wide-open itinerary and want to find the best places to go.