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Mountain Biking in Boise

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I decided to purchase this book to perhaps find a new trail or two. I have attempted to use the book to locate three "out of the way" trails that were new to me. Unfortunately, the book is hopeless. The maps are unclear and the descriptions are inaccurate (i.e., "go 200 yards from the pavement and turn left" when the reality is 70 yards or "go 0.3 miles and bear right" when the reality is 0.48 miles"). No, it's not me. I have had years of orienteering and navigation training, and I have a Master of Science in Engineering. In other words, I can read a map and accurately judge distances (I also have an odometer on my bike). I found the three trails, but having to deal with inaccurate information from a book whose "job" it is, is to be dead accurate is very annoying. The book was no more help to me than having a random mountain biker say "I think there is a trail over there" while jabbing his finger at a foothill. I am assuming that the author hasn't biked some of these trails since the first printing of the book in 1994 and things have changed over the last decade. I gave up and bought "Mountain Biking Boise" by Martin Potucek (I have not used it on trail yet, but the maps are clearer and the descriptions are better).

Gives excellent and adequate description of the Boise, Idaho trails and surrounding area. I would recommend this to anyone who loves to ride or even hike the trails in the foothills or surrounding areas of Boise, ID.