Customer Reviews

Hiking Northern California

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I hiked 5 trails from this book so far, and all of them have been spectacular. The rating and description of the trails are very accurate. I'm currently in the process of planning more hikes from this book. My only complaint is that the map of all the hikes does not contain and road information, so it was a bit of a pain to try to place where exactly the hike is. We were in Yosemite this past weekend, and had to cross reference the trail map to our road map to determine if the trail was nearby yosemite or inside. Other than that, the hikes were great (in the bay area and the sierra nevada). I'm thinking about buying a couple of falcon guide specific to certain places. If you just getting into hiking, I would definitely recommend this book.

I agree with the other reviewer as to the difficulty finding the trail from the only locator map, the entire state of California! A regional map for each section with main arteries and a few nearby towns would have been a big help.
Now about that map of the entire state of California; isn't the title of the book "Hiking NORTHERN California"? Well, I see 5 hikes in the South Coast Range, 18 south of Lake Tahoe and 29 in the Southern Sierra Nevada! The southern-most hike is just a stones throw from Bakersfield. If you want to avoid chilly hikes, this is the book for you.

Great hiding guide: thorough and lots of detail, such as elevation gain charts and key points. Compared many guides side-by-side in the store before deciding on this one. User-friendly. I highly recommend it.