The Canadian Rockies SuperGuide [Paperback]

Graeme Pole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998

This is the world's best-selling guide to Canada's top scenic attraction. This premier book on the Rockies offers a complete guide to the area, and is crammed with colour photos and maps, human-interest features, historical anecdotes, wild animal vignettes and so much more.

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Informative and visually exciting, this is the new, revised edition of the worldÌs best-selling guide to the Canadian Rockies. Whether youÌre planning your trip, looking for a perfect road guide, or searching for a lasting and complete record of your journey, this is the book for you. Graeme Pole is the author of many other best-selling books from Altitude Publishing, including Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, Walks and Easy Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, and David Thompson: The Epic Expeditions of a Great Canadian Explorer. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Graeme Pole is the best-selling author of five non-fiction books that describe the human history and natural history of the Canadian Rockies. Three of his books have been finalists in the Banff Mountain Book Festival. One of his books, Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, won the Mountain Exposition category in 1994. He has been a runner-up for the Andy Russell Nature Writers' Award, a finalist in the Crown of the Continent Nature Writing Award, a recipient of a Northwest Outdoor Writers' Association "Excellence in Craft Award," and a recipient of the Teddi Brown Award for Nature Writing. His other non-fiction books are Walks and Easy Hikes of the Canadian Rockies, Spiral Tunnels, and The Canadian Rockies: A History in Photographs. His first novel, Healy Park, was published in 1998. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Altitude Pub Canada Ltd; 4th edition (July 1, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 1551536188
• ISBN-13: 978-1551536187
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Graeme Pole has been trooping around the Canadian Rockies for almost 30 years, and has been writing about the human history and the natural history of western Canada since 1989. His catalogue includes eleven published books with cumulative sales of more than 300,000 copies. Graeme lives with his family near Hazelton in northwestern BC, where he serves as a paramedic. Hold that thought; there goes the pager....
Visit his website: http://mountainvision.ca

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best tour book ever written!, August 9, 2000

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Tim Landers (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Canadian Rockies SuperGuide (Paperback)

I travel quite a bit in my job as a computer trainer. I had the rare priviledge of working on a project in Edmonton, Alberta on several trips.

I've toured the Jasper to Banff (and reverse) Icefields Parkway five times, and Mt. Robson twice. It was on my second weekend trip during a rest stop at The Crossing that I spied a different kind of book. The stunning photography and well-organized sections sold me on the spot.

This guide made my ride that day on the Icefields Parkway an experience I'll never forget. It has everything: maps, history, biographies, and hotel guides, you name it! I still get it out occasionally to relive the most beautiful trips I've been on.

There's even a section on best times and techniques to photograph certain places. I have taken it with me every trip to help me identify and record where my numerous photos were taken.

I always recommend this book as an essential part of any excursion into the area. Read it before you go, that way you won't miss anything!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars super indeed, April 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Canadian Rockies SuperGuide (Paperback)

super book with an interesting mix of history, recommendations, and photographs. i was very glad i read through this book before i visited the area.