Customer Reviews

Hiking Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, 2nd (Regional Hiking Series)

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I am appalled at how many errors this book has that I found! The listing for Devil's Canyon's Primitive Trail has an absoultely ridiculous milage marker that makes no sense at all. The trail length for Tower Arch trail says it's 2.4 miles when the trail is actually 3.4 miles long. I got to where I would just go talk to the rangers at both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks about the trails rather than even open that book because it was completely unreliable. I am really surprised that it's a Falcon book because I thought they had better standards! Don't waste your money!!!

We just spent a week in Moab, this book had numerous errors and was no help in selecting hikes. We ended up using the Moon guidebook for Zion and Bryce, which also covers the Moab area. I should have paid attention to the other reviews....

I bought this book to get information on hikes in the Maze area of Canyonlands. I was totally disappointed with the information that was contained in this 20 page section of the book. The hikes listed are uninformed choices that anyone spending a few minuets on the NPS web page can easily learn about, they are the obvious choices that are places to hike by on your way elsewhere in the Maze. It looks like the author may have spent little time exploring the Maze and has regurgitated some "caned" hikes here, give the book a pass if looking for information on the Maze. I would give it one star but the author has attempted some good organization and maps, he just needs to do some hiking in there.

Poorly illustrated B/W maps, vague information, and not helpful for river runners at all. Elevation gain isn't even listed! Worst Falcon guide ever.