Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Staircase/Escalante & the Glen Canyon Region (Paperback)

by Ron Adkison (Author)

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Product Description
The Glen Canyon region covers the prime hiking areas of southern Utah, including the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This guide will help you choose the best day hiking trails in this outstanding natural area. If you’re going to be in southern Utah for a few days and want to find some great, easy hikes, this book is for you. Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Staircase-Escalante & the Glen Canyon Region includes short descriptions and maps of the author’s favorite easy day hikes in Cedar Mesa, Paria Canyon, Grand Staircase, and Escalante Canyons. Features 19 hikes.

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Included in this book are short descriptions and maps of the author's favorite easy day hikes in Cedar Mesa, Paria Canyon, Grand Staircase, and Escalante Canyon. It will help you choose the best day hiking trails in this outstanding natural area. If you're going to be in southern Utah for a few days and want to find some great, easy hikes, this book is for you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560446501
• ISBN-13: 978-1560446507
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #223,414 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for What it Covers, January 19, 2005

By	Matt Ebiner (Covina, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a streamlined version of Adkison's lengthier book about the national monument, but is perfect for the short hikes in this beautiful region. It has everything a pocket guidebook should have: clear descriptions, mileage, elevations, maps, and ratings. This is my favorite guidebook for the Grand Staircase whenever I do short hikes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for ideas, but not as a true "guide" book, February 13, 2007

By	S. J. Pfrimmer (Canon City, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is divided into three sections; Cedar Mesa in SW Utah, The Escalante Canyon and Grand Staircase-Paria Canyon. The Escalante-Grand Staircase hikes range in length and difficultly. Included are the following hikes:
Upper calf Creek Falls -2m
Lower Calf Creek Falls-6.2m
Devils Garden-.07m
Fortymile Ridge to Sunset Arch-3m
Willow Gulch to Broken Bow Arrow-4m
Kodachrome Basin's Panorama Trail-2.9-5.4m
Cottonwood Canyon Narrows-3m
Willis Creek Narrows-4.8m
Lick Wash-8m
Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch-3.4m
and 9 hikes in the SW area of Utah

This book might be good for getting ideas on where to hike, but some of the information contained in it is not accurate, or lacks sufficient detail. For example, the author fails to mention that a permit to hike Wire pass to Buckskin Gulch must usually be obtained 3 months ahead of time. Also, the directions to Sunset Arch are different than any other guide book. (?) He also fails in giving accurate campground information. There are many more camping opportunities than what he mentions. I would advise consulting other guide books before setting off on any of the hikes and would not use this book for trip planning.

2 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Grand Escalante, July 12, 2000

By	Lisa Garvey (Oak Lawn, IL United States) - See all my reviews

Look interesting and informative for people who are planning to go to Escalante soon. Good resource. I saw Bryce and Zion Parks on my first trip to Utah- can't wait to go back The escalante looked so beautiful even though I only saw part of it on the way to Capitol Reef National Park