America’s Great Mountain Trails: 100 Highcountry Hikes of a Lifetime (Great Hiking Trails)

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Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award, this book is a hiker’s inspirational bucket list embodied in a lavishly illustrated celebration of our nation’s one hundred best mountain trails.

America’s mountain trails lure us to exquisite heights, from the Atlantic Coast in Maine to the Pacific edge in California and the Northwest. These rugged yet seductive pathways call to all who seek both solace and adventure, whether out for a day hike or an extended backpacking expedition. America’s Great Mountain Trails introduces readers to one hundred hikes of a lifetime.

The book covers some of our nation’s most legendary trails and some that are scarcely known, but all can take us on journeys to remarkable places. Between the ancient Appalachians and the Pacific Coast’s uplift lie the Rockies, Desert Range, Sierra Nevadas, Cascade Mountains, Olympics, and more. Beyond are the resoundingly wild terrain of Alaska and the islands of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, which ascend like dreamy visions from the sea.

Readers get practical details about the length and difficulty of each hike, along with concise directions to each trailhead, tips about the best seasons to go, advice on permit requirements, and a selection of alternate routes. An appendix offers information about what must be done to protect these special places so they’ll remain alluring and rewarding to all the generations ahead. With fascinating text and beautiful photography by Tim Palmer, America’s Great Mountain Trails is sure to become the definitive reference book to the most outstanding mountain trails in America.

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Explores this legendary footpath in detail: with a foreword by Bill Bryson and filled with more than 300 contemporary images, as well as unpublished historical photos, documents, and maps from the ATC archives. A hiker’s dream bucket list is embodied in this lavishly illustrated celebration of more than 50,000 miles of America’s most iconic trails. A hiker’s dream bucket list is embodied in this lavishly illustrated celebration of more than eighty of the world’s most iconic trails. Explores this iconic crown jewel of America’s trails with more than 250 spectacular contemporary images, historical photos and documents from the Continental Divide Trail Coalition archives, and detailed maps. Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award, this book is a hiker’s inspirational bucket list embodied in a lavishly illustrated celebration of our nation’s one hundred best mountain trails. This official book published with the Adirondack Mountain Club celebrates America’s original hiking destination through breathtaking contemporary photography, maps, rarely seen archival photos.

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A complete guide to the Appalachian Trail shelters that provide a gathering place and a sense of community along America’s most famous footpath. This official book celebrates the trails of the Pacific Northwest with stunning photography, maps, rarely seen archival photos, and information-packed text by top regional hiking authors that brings the history of the trails to life. An inspirational bucket list for hikers, history buffs, armchair travelers, and all those who wish to walk in the hallowed footsteps of American history. An unprecedented showcase and practical travel guide to the finest woodland hiking opportunities, calling us to get out “into the woods” but also reminding us of the importance of leaving no trace through these fragile ecosystems. The official book on one of America’s most iconic hiking trails, with a foreword by Cheryl Strayed, maps, rarely seen archival photos and historical ephemera, and stunning contemporary photography. Walk in the footsteps of history with this stunning volume that brings more than thirty Civil War battlefields to life.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli; Illustrated edition (September 17, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0847865428
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0847865420
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.37 x 1.38 x 10.32 inches