Hiking Yellowstone National Park, 2nd
- ISBN13: 9780762725397
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This thoroughly revised and updated guide features 109 hikes in Yellowstone National Park. Readers will find detailed maps, field-checked information on all of the trails, elevation charts, difficulty ratings, and ratings and information on backcountry camping. Hiking tips and information on avoiding confrontations with bears round out this classic guidebook.
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When I first came to Yellowstone to work in the summer of 1998, I was a little overwhelmed by the number of trails in the park. I had never been hiking before, either. Thanks to this book, I had a wonderful summer of hiking, and I now have a new hobby. The book has hikes for nearly every mile of trail in the park. The hikes are listed by trip, not by trail, so you have several options on each stretch of trail. For each hike, there is a handy elevation profile, list of key points and mileages, suggested itinerary, hike options, and a detailed description of the hike itself. There are also many nice photographs. I highly recommend this book for beginners or old backpacking pros. It has hikes for everyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
We used this book for a two week stay in Yellowstone. The ratings for hills and difficulty of the hikes are accurate and helpful when selecting hikes. The trail descriptions also help when picking a hike depending on effort, scenery, wildlife, amount of other hikers, etc. We saw parts of Yellowstone only a tiny percentage of visitors get to see, thanks in part to this book. Be sure and check at the ranger stations for bear and other wildlife activity prior to beginning a hike.
Rating: 5 / 5
I generally like Schneider’s guides, and appear to be in the minority here, but I did not love this one. 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. 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.
Rating: 3 / 5
I found this guide indespensible in planning (and executing) my family’s trip to Yellowstone. 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). 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).
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is an excellent guide to the many trails in Yellowstone National Park. I was impressed with the number of trails covered and the detail with which they were described. The guide also includes helpful ratings of the trails’ difficulty and estimated time for completion, which I found to be very dependable. I highly recommend this book for anyone new to hiking in this area.
Rating: 5 / 5