Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone (Top Trails)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 351 pages
• Published by: Wilderness Press June 30, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 089997368X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0899973685
• Book Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 11.2 ounces

Product Review
"A guidebook with a lot of moxieNystrom has done a splendid job of researching and writing about the trails." -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook

"In addition to the book's smart design, introductory charts help you identify suitable trails. -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook

"Nystrom does a thorough job of packaging information between the front and back covers of the book." – Kurt Repanshek -- National Parks Traveler Weblog, August 18, 2006

"Nystrom serves up an accessible guide to best day hikes and overnight backcountry trips in Yellowstone and the Teton Range." -- Longitude Books - longitudebooks.com

"The National Outdoor Book Awards winner breaks new groundlets all calibers of hikers size up trails at a glance." -- The Oregonian, February 12, 2006 - The ARMCHAIR TRAVELER by Terry Richard

"There are several very good guidebooks to the trails of Yellowstone. This one is great." – Tim Cahill -- – Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone Park, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Hold the Enlightenment



"Top Trails are top notched guidebooksexceedingly well organizedthe maps are uncluttered and easy to use." -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook

Nystrom's Lonely Planet Yellowstone and Grand Teton guidebook: "A lively, well-written, comprehensive guide to the best place on earth." -- Tim Cahill, author of Hold the Enlightenment and founding editor of Outside magazine

Product Description
"There are several very good guidebooks to the trails of Yellowstone. This one is great. It is the most accessible to the novice Yellowstone hiker, and the most useful for knowledgeable trekkers. – Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone Park, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Hold the Enlightenment

Hike, Backpack, Horseback

Whatever you're looking for, there's a trail for you in Yellowstone and the Tetons. Make the most of a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks by exploring the absolute best trails that the parks have to offer. The latest in the Top Trails series covers the most exciting dayhikes and overnight/backcountry trips in these two popular parks, from the roaring geysers of Yellowstone to the singular mountain scenery of Grand Teton. Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks covers every corner of Yellowstone, including the Mammoth, Tower, Canyon, and Lake regions, and Old Faithful, plus Bechler and the Cascade Corner, as well as the premier trails throughout Grand Teton National Park.

Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks offer the ultimate in natural and geothermal wonders: untouched backcountry lakes, panoramic alpine summits. glacier-carved canyons, steaming geyser basins, and vast meadows teeming with charismatic wildlife.

With 45 "must-do" hikes from Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful, from the Absarokas to the Gallatin Range, and from Jackson Hole to the Teton Crest Trail, this is your guide.

Whether you’re a lucky year-round resident or a happy visitor for a day, week, or an entire season, in this guide you will find: "Don’t get lost" trail milestones, innovative trail-feature tables and elevation profiles, a detailed map of every trail and region, and detailed driving directions to every trailhead.

Reader Reviews
I live about ninety miles from Jackson and 100 from West Yellowstone, so I go to both parks a lot. As a teacher, I have my summers to go camp and hike from time to time, and I just got back from a trip today. While at Lake Hotel, I chanced on this book, and bought it. This was yesterday. The book has 45 different trails in it to hike in Yellowstone and the Tetons (though most are in Yellowstone). I went ahead and hiked one yesterday (Elephant Back) and got a great view of Yellowstone Lake. The directions were very clear and there were guide-points along the route in the book so I knew just where I was. The book even mentioned this is Grizzly habitat in the spring/early summer, and sure enough, when I got down from the hike, there was a bear. This kind of information could be a lifesaver to the inexperienced Yellowstone or Teton hiker. Today, I hiked two more hikes in the book, one short one at West Thumb and a longer one at Biscuit Basin up to a waterfall and overlook. This book is very easy to use, has great maps, grades the difficulty of each hike, and has a variety from hikes under a mile to hikes of over twenty that take several days. My goal, using this excellent book, is to hike them all in a year or so. Great photos, durable cover, great maps. This is the perfect book for locals or for tourists who come often or who are planning a two to three week stay. I would not think it would be good for someone visiting for a day or two, as you could not scratch the surface of this gold mine of information. Two thumbs up!