Canadian Rockies Trail Guide
by Brian Patton and Bart Robinson
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Author: Brian Patton and Bart RobinsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN: 0978237501
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Summerthought Publishing
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Book Review: Great encyclopedia, but unhelpful with finding great trails
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Summary of Canadian Rockies Trail Guide
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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