Hiking The Escalante [Paperback]

Rudi Lambrechts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 10, 1999

An invaluable resource to anyone traversing the Escalante, this comprehensive guide details 43 hikes.

Publisher's Note: Realizing there are virtually no marked trails in the Escalante country (mostly canyons that wander and have many intersections, challenging anyone to write explicit description), this book includes directions to the trailhead, how to follow a particular route with choices of side canyons along the way, and occasional alternate endings. Some of the hikes may be appropriate for beginners. Some only the most experienced should attempt.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: University of Utah Press (May 10, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874806313
• ISBN-13: 978-0874806311
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very accurate, January 29, 2001

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Jeff Tulley (Lindon, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hiking The Escalante (Paperback)

Having hiked the Escalante canyons a lot before reading this book, I found upon reading it that the book seemed to match my memory of places fairly exactly. That doesn't mean a lot, so I took it with me on a few of the more backcountry trips and found it so extremely accurate and useful that I am now using it as the primary information source for some trips to areas that are new to me in the Escalante region. I'd definitely recommend this book.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Nice and Quite Usable Guidebook, March 12, 2000

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Tom Jones "canyoneer" (Kane County, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking The Escalante (Paperback)

The Escalante is a vast area of great charms. This is a nice hiking guide to some of the more accessible areas of the Escalante. These hikes are not for the faint of heart - they require good backcountry skills. What makes the book truly great is Rudi's natural history background. Extensive drawings and text add richness to our visits to the red rock country of the Escalante. 43 hikes listed, drawings, maps and many b&w photographs.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Your Fanny Pack, July 2, 2002

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Todd A. Ostler "tao57" (Northwest Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking The Escalante (Paperback)

Hiking the Escalante Wilderness can get very confusing even if you are proficient at the use of USGS topo maps. Hence, whenever I have gone I have taken this book. He devoted a lot of time to not only giving you a much-needed guidebook, but also to giving you a lot of history, biology, botany, and even deals with hundreds of side canyons/routes... But some of the information might be outdated (e.g. the pools in Death Hollow) and his descriptions that seem clear can be vague (how to safely scale the last 50 yards to Phipps arch); there are other, wrong, places that look exactly as he describes the correct place (e.g, finding the mail route west and out of Death Hollow - there is a bend lower in the creek that looks the same, but is not the route). He also relies heavily upon his odometer readings to find trailheads and all car odometers don't jive with his readings.