Hiking Maui : The Valley Isle [Mass Market Paperback]

Kevin Chard (Author), Robert Smith (Author), Diane Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Hiking Maui offers an exciting and adventurous way to experience Maui,the Valley Isle. It covers the island, detailing hiking trails in 27 hiking areas.It's all here; hiking trails off the marvelous Hana Highway provide and abundance of wild fruit and generous swimming holes, the trail from the summit of majestic 10,023-foot Haleakala Volcano into the wilderness offers a large measure of solitude, and a stroll through Lahaina introduces the visitor to Hawaii's colorful history and present day multi-cultural society.There are hikes for the dayhiker and the backpacker, for the novice and the experienced outdoorsperson, and for children and their grandparents. Detailed camping and rental housekeeping cabin information is also included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hiking Maui is probably Smith's best because it captures the warm aloha he has for the Valley Isle, his Hawaii home for many years. Hiking Maui is packed with information on the many great hikes on Maui, but also with other inside information that only a longtime Hawaii resident and frequent hiker would know." -- John Hollan, Hawaii Magazine

"Hiking Maui-The Valley Isle is recommended. There are an enormous number of sight seeing suggestions. It is hard to imagine a more comprehensive yet easy to use guide book." -- Southern Sierran - Sierra Club newspaper

About the Author

Maui resident Robert Smith has known Hawaii intimately for over 30 years, and he has conducted hiking and backpacking trips on the islands for over 15 years. He is the author of five trail guides on Hawaii and he has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 173 pages
• Publisher: Hawaiian Outdoor Adventure; 7th edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0924308060
• ISBN-13: 978-0924308062
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,794,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't do it for me, March 30, 2001

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This review is from: Hiking Maui : The Valley Isle (Mass Market Paperback)

Sorry, but this book just didn't do it for me. I just got back from 3 weeks on Maui, staying with locals. Most of the available trails are indeed in the book, but the maps and descriptions are sometimes wrong or simply out of date. With today's technology, there's no excuse for hand-drawn "not to scale" maps. For the next revision, I'd suggest that the author go through the entire book, synchronize it with reality and bring it up to the same quality level as other guide books. If you're interested in some hikes that aren't in this book, see the hiking section of the excellent guidebook "Maui Revealed".

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Maui, June 22, 2000

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"kulaonion" (Maui, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hiking Maui : The Valley Isle (Mass Market Paperback)

Hiking Maui is one of the best treasures that you can have if you enjoy hiking and the adventures that it has in store. My husband and I love this book. I am born and raised here and my husband has lived here for 4 years and we have found this book to be very resourceful. Many hikes take you to spectacular waterfalls and most of all, to breathtaking scenery. A suggestion: If you have the time stay in some of the cabins at the national parks!

2.0 out of 5 stars Needs a major upgrade, April 17, 2011

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Retired Guy "Art" (Westford, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hiking Maui, The Valley Isle (Paperback)

I have to agree with the other reviewers about the format of this book. My biggest issue with the book is that the maps are nothing more than what appear to be pencil sketches inserted into the hike descriptions. Very amateurish and not detailed enough. There's also a table at the beginning of the book that tries to summarize various characteristics of each hike, but it's too hard to read: it crams too much information into the table and the entries on each line don't exactly line up. Turning the table to landscape, using Excel-like technology to produce a crisp table and expanding some of the abbreviations would make it far more useful. This book won't be taking up space in my suitcase on my upcoming trip. Time to research another one.