Day Hikes Around Lake Tahoe [Paperback]

Robert Stone (Author)

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From the Back Cover

Make the most out of your vacation with the easy to read and follow The Day Hikes Series. Using the Day Hike Series on your next vacation or weekend getaway can help you enjoy all your precious time. Each hike is easy or moderate, and will take you around lakes and streams to panoramic vistas on trails that make an enjoyable day adventure.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Day Hike Books, Inc.; 1st edition (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157342014X
• ISBN-13: 978-1573420143
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,317,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For more than a decade, veteran hiker Robert Stone has been writer, photographer, and publisher of Day Hike Books. Robert resides summers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and winters on the California Central Coast. This year-round temperate climate enables him to hike over 200 trails throughout the year. When not hiking, Robert is researching, writing, and mapping the hikes before returning to the trails. Robert has hiked every trail in the Day Hike Book series. With 20 hiking guides in the series, he has hiked over 1,000 trails throughout the western United States and Hawaii.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a book that focuses on short hikes, June 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Day Hikes Around Lake Tahoe (Paperback)

Tired of guides that list "easy" hikes that turn out to be 8 miles and take 5 hours? Then this book is for you. Most of the hikes listed are 1-3 miles long and can be easily finished by most everyone. Designed for the non-serious hiker who enjoys nature and desires a scenic but not exhausting walk through the woods. This book was designed to be easy to read. It includes large diagrams, elevation changes, trail descriptions, and driving directions. A section of color pictures displays the best vista of each hike. The guide is a good glove compartment companion for any family outing to the Lake Tahoe area.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners with children, July 24, 2003

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Hikes Around Lake Tahoe (Paperback)

This is a short guidebook devoted to a subject that deserves volumes: hiking in beautiful Lake Tahoe. This guidebook focuses on a very narrow area of the lake, the South Side, and ignores the Nevada side almost totally. This is an irritating omission, even if the majority of great hikes are on Tahoe's south side. There are also some slightly out-of-the-way hikes (like Desert Rose) which are omitted from the book. The predominant focus of this book is on short, easy hikes, the kind of little forays families can take with their children. Thus the most famous and classic Tahoe hike, Mount Tallac, is not mentioned because it's rated as too strenuous. Tinker Knob, at 14 miles, is also ignored.

These omissions will unsettle veteran hikers with endurance. But for many more casual folk, this guide will fit their needs to a "T." If you're interested in short, scenic and not very strenuous outings, then Stone has provided you a piece of Nirvana. His descriptions of the trailheads and directions on how to reach the hikes are adequate and accurate. He also dispenses advice on bug repellent, sunscreen, band-aids and proper footwear. If you decide to embark on some of these short treks, and your fitness level is good, I urge you to tackle more ambitious peaks at Tahoe, the hiking here is beautiful and among the best in the state. Happy hiking!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but not great, August 17, 2002

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M. Tanter "drmummy" (Texas, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Day Hikes Around Lake Tahoe (Paperback)

We thought we were going on an easy, 1.5 hr hike. 3 hrs later, we got back to the car. Problem was that the hike wasn't quite described as accurately as it could have been and there was no warning that we should ignore the trail markers. We got very turned around and had to ignore the map provided in the book and use our common sense to find our way back. (This was the hike at Fallen Leaf Lake)