Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest - Second Edition [Paperback]

Marc Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 2007

The Second Edition of Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest covers more than 60 diverse hiking areas-ensuring you'll find the perfect trail for your activity. Whether you are looking for an easy stroll in the woods, a challenging backpacking trip, a quiet picnic outing, or a day of fishing or hunting, this guidebook will lead the way. This completely revised and updated book includes 15 new trails, a four-page color insert, a map and photo for each trail, and 64 pages of new content.

Editorial Reviews

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Smith takes a precise, organized approach... Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow is a sturdy entry into the Wyoming hiking guide selection. --Casper Star Tribune

It's loaded with in-depth descriptions! --KFRC radio, Fort Collins, Colorado

Anyone going to the Medicine Bow National Forest should have one of these guides. --Fort Collins Coloradoan Newspaper --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Open Space Publications; 2nd edition (January 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974090026
• ISBN-13: 978-0974090023
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,104,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars from Laramie (review of 2003 edition), April 18, 2009

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D. Gable (Laramie, WY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest - Third Edition (Paperback)

I live in Laramie, WY and purchased this book (2003 edition) because I wanted to expand the areas that I could hike and snowshoe in the area. It works for me because I am already familiar with the Medicine Bow area and occasionally want to be reminded of other hikes that I haven't been on for a while. The guide is accurate, well-organized, and includes a sizeable number of trails from which to choose. It is not a 'sit down and read about Medicine Bow NF' type of book -- it is truly just a trail guide.

Each hike description includes the trail distance, level of difficulty, elevation range, preferred season, the name of the topo map to use (not included), hike overview, trailhead directions, and trail description. The distance and descriptions are most useful to me, especially when I'm snowshoeing instead of hiking.

The website www.medicinebowtrails.com gives very accurate praise of the book, so I won't repeat it.

I would *highly* recommend this book to hikers/bikers/skiers/snowshoers who live in the Medicine Bow National Forest area, but it might not be as useful to people who are just passing through.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Served the purpose, January 6, 2007

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bukhtan (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest (Paperback)

I used Marc Smith's book on a brief September 2006 visit to the Laramie Range and found it helpful and accurate for the hikes I took in that beautiful area, surprisingly little visited, even on a spectacular fall weekend with both aspen and ash in full yellow. I can't assess how useful it would be for other (apparently more popular) areas of the National Forest but I would visit those places with fair confidence, with this book in hand.
The format is very similar to the recent Falcon Guides of similar purpose; i.e. trip description, with succinct data prefaced, maps of the immediate route.
As always, I would suggest getting hold of actual topo maps (or GPS, these days, I suppose) for more demanding trips. At least visit the Douglas office of the MBNF to get a district map (seven dollars, if I remember rightly); take the first Douglas exit on I25 coming from Cheyenne; the Forest Service office is on the right.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and comprehensive guide, August 24, 2009

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P. Crane - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest - Third Edition (Paperback)

This is a great guide with a lot of good information about the Medicine Bow area. It is the best single resource we found for hiking the Snowy Range and surrounding area. Great trail descriptions and a lot of useful tips.