Guide To Northern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails (Paperback)

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I've been four wheeling in California for over 30 years. Your guide has shown me places to go I never knew existed. -- Jon Aichele, President, Bakersfield Trailblazers

I've been four wheeling in California for over 30 years. Your guide has shown me places to go I never knew existed. --Jon Aichele, President, Bakersfield Trailblazers

Product Description

A clear, concise guide to northern California's remote backcountry. Book includes detailed directions with GPS waypoints, 85 custom maps and over 400 quality photos. All routes were driven by the author. Sport utility owners will enjoy 50 easy and moderate routes to incredible scenic backcountry locations. Serious 4-wheelers will love our difficult Jeep trails. We promote low-impact driving and environmental responsibility. For complete trail listing and a look inside the book visit the FunTreks website.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Funtreks Inc (April 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966497651
• ISBN-13: 978-0966497656
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #142,607 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Getting, March 9, 2007

By	Loin Burger (USA) - See all my reviews

I'm a newbie off-roader, and have only driven one of the "easy" trails in my stock wrangler. It was a lot of fun, and the scenery was awesome, but I think I realized we weren't really off roading when we crossed paths with a brand new mustang convertible going in the other direction. At that point I figured I should take it out of 4wd-low.

So I think there's definitely something for everyone in this book. However, deciding on the right trail and actually driving to it are two different things. Some of my off roading plans fizzled out when I realized I had to drive 4 hours in each direction just to get to the trail I wanted! Living in the SF bay area, I was hoping to have more options within a reasonable day drive...but that's probably just naive of me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Off road variety, April 8, 2007

By	J. Erickson (CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There's lots of off road variety in this book. You can four wheel on easy dirt roads to rock hoppin heaven. This book is well laid out and the descriptions of the trails are accurate.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide To Northern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails, November 18, 2006

By	J. Aichele - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have had the opportunity to drive trails I know with Chuck Wells, and his books are well written and easy to follow. The trail rating he uses is juged on the roughest section of the trail, if a trail is moderate and has a difficult section that cannot be avoided it will receive a difficult rating. All the trails in his books have been driven by him and not judged by someone else.