Bicycling America's National Parks: Arizona and New Mexico: The Best Road and Trail Rides from the Grand Canyon to Carlsbad Caverns [Paperback]

Sarah Bennett Alley (Author), Dennis L. Coello (Foreword), Dennis Coello (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bicycling America's National Parks | Publication Date: February 2001

An adventure guide to the national parks of Arizona and New Mexico, featuring more than 80 road and mountain bike rides through the parks' most spectacular natural areas. Each of the ride descriptions includes a detailed map, tour directions, information about the trail or road surface, sights along the way, and the length and difficulty of the ride. In addition, a trip-planning appendix for each park tells you where to stay or camp, do your laundry, eat, buy supplies, and repair or rent a bike.

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About the Author

Sarah Bennett Alley is a freelance writer and telemark ski instructor. She is also the author of Bicycling America's National Parks: Utah and Colorado, as well as mountain biking guides to Arizona and New Mexico. Having just completed graduate degrees in American studies and environmental policy, she continues to write about her adventures in the outdoors and the West from her home in Salt Lake City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Backcountry Guides (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881504815
• ISBN-13: 978-0881504811
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #706,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly good, June 17, 2005

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This review is from: Bicycling America's National Parks: Arizona and New Mexico: The Best Road and Trail Rides from the Grand Canyon to Carlsbad Caverns (Paperback)

I bought this book expecting it to be a useless gimmick--especially since I've hated Alley's other mtb guide books. Lo and behold, it's a gem with a specific and useful purpose: if you're going to visit the national parks in these states and want to ride in or around them, this book is essential. I ride and my partner doesn't, and she loves National Parks, where good riding can be hard to find, so this book saved our lives--she would visit the park and I would head out to find a nearby ride. The trail and road choices are good--the treatment of trails/roads around the south rim of the Grand Canyon is the best I've found. Alley casts her net widely around the parks--anything within 60 miles or so of the park counts. Thus the "trails in and near Tuzigoot Natl Monument" is really little more than a short list of trails in Sedona, 40 minutes away. Trail info is good, background info is fascinating, and the maps are the usual. Each park or monument begins with a handy one-paragraph summary of the riding opportunities, e.g. "Near this park you have a choice of two nice road rides, one beautiful dirt road, and three challenging single-tracks." One inexplicable gaff: the book omits Canyon de Chelly, so you're on your own, but you only have two paved roads to choose from there anyway.