High Huts of the White Mountains, 2nd: Nature Walks, Natural History, and Day Hikes around the AMC's Mountain Hostels [Paperback]

William Reifsnyder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1994

This essential guide to the AMC hut system includes access trails, local day hikes from each hut, self-guided nature walks, and natural history.

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This edition features updated access trails, descriptions of day hikes from each hut, self-guided nature walks with maps, and an all-new section on Crawford Hostel. (4 1/2' x 6 1/2', 256 pages)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books; 2nd edition (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878239201
• ISBN-13: 978-1878239204
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #937,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Travel > United States > States > New Hampshire

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5.0 out of 5 stars BEST HUT BOOK EVER WRITTEN!, March 15, 2001

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This review is from: High Huts of the White Mountains, 2nd: Nature Walks, Natural History, and Day Hikes around the AMC's Mountain Hostels (Paperback)

My dad and I love to go to AMC huts and this book is my bible. I read it all the time, and bring i t with me when going to huts. Just be warned, if you are hiking on the gulfside trail from Madison Springs Hut to Lakes of the Clouds hut, the book says 4.5 hours. WRONG. The correct time is 9.5 hours.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Lightweight and Helpful Book to Take to the AMC Huts, July 8, 2010

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Lauren Darcey "Author" (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Huts of the White Mountains, 2nd: Nature Walks, Natural History, and Day Hikes around the AMC's Mountain Hostels (Paperback)

This is the book I carry up to the huts--used more frequently than even the White Mountain Guide. It's light, has the trail info I need, as well as a nice history/ecological/geological writeup for each hut, including a self-guided nature walk around each hut.

4.0 out of 5 stars Overview of the AMC High Huts, October 9, 2009

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J. Archibald (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Huts of the White Mountains, 2nd: Nature Walks, Natural History, and Day Hikes around the AMC's Mountain Hostels (Paperback)

This book gives a good overview of the AMC high huts in the white mountains.
The author spends a lot of time on the geology of each hut area, which is interesting but, not really what I was most interested about.
I would like to have had more info on the history and stories about the huts themselves. It does give a decent overview of all of them, and gives a good understanding of the overall layout of the huts and so forth.

I would recommend this book if you are looking to learn about the huts and especially the geology and flora of the area..

A similar book to recommend on the history of Mt Washington was "Not without Peril" which gave the lroe and history of hiking on the mountain from the first days