Hikers and Climbers Guide to the Sandias (Coyote Books) [Paperback]

Mike Hill (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press; 3 Revised edition (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826313418
• ISBN-13: 978-0826313416
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, but perennially out-of-date., May 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hikers and Climbers Guide to the Sandias (Coyote Books) (Paperback)

Hikers interested in the Sandia Mountains will be disappointed in this book, as it contains only the most rudimentary of trail descriptions. Most of the book is devoted to climbing routes, and the route descriptions are generally helpful, if not particularly detailed. However, new editions of this book appear only about every 8-10 years, and the route information in new editions seems to be about two years old upon publication. No mention is made in the current edition of either sport climbing routes in the area or the growing bouldering scene in the Sandia foothills. It will be interesting to see if there is ever a later edition, as Mike Hill's store went out of business and I'm not sure he even lives in the area now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be sure this book comes with the map as it's supposed to!, July 17, 2007

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D. Shingler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hikers and Climbers Guide to the Sandias (Coyote Books) (Paperback)

I bought this through a used book seller on Amazon and it came without the map that's supposed to accompany it, which makes it pretty near useless.
Aside from that, it seems mostly to be a climber's guide to various peaks, not a hiker's guide.

5.0 out of 5 stars a hiking and climbing bible for this area..., March 17, 2008

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Farmer J (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hikers and Climbers Guide to the Sandias (Coyote Books) (Paperback)

I have an earlier edition that I use myself when hiking the Sandia Mountains here in Albuquere, NM. Last summer I purchased from a site that gave me excellent customer service, which I hoped to reward...and it turned out that the young man who helped me so much is a rock climber in Utah...who also has published for that area... so I had the perfect gift for him should he ever travel this way. Easy to read and the author gives excellent descriptions and directions. If you are visiting our mountains here you should have this as a reference. Amazon is one of the few sites that has this book.