The Bay Area Ridge Trail: Ridgetop Adventures Above San Francisco Bay (Bay Area Ridge Trail: The Official Guide for Hikers, Mountain) (Paperback)

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On 38 different segments of this long trail, hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians can travel through hushed redwood forests and high, grassy meadows, enjoy lavish wildflower displays, and climb some of the area's tallest peaks.

The trips described range in length from 3 to 13 miles and cover the 212 completed miles of the trail (the finished trail will be about 400 miles long). For each trip there is an area map, trailhead directions, and a complete trail description. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Press; 2 edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899972802
• ISBN-13: 978-0899972800
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #738,930 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good beginning hiking guide to SF Bay Area, March 24, 1998

By	Michael Hinson ([e-mail]) (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bay Area Ridge Trail: Ridgetop Adventures Above San Francisco Bay (Paperback)

This guide is a good book for hikers (beginners and above) who want information about day hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes: maps; photos; trail description; mileage; parking info; water and restrooms info; and transit info. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in hiking in the SF Bay Area.

2.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Nothing, October 19, 2009

By	pcthiker "pcthiker" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

And that's about it. The maps are poorly printed and difficult to read. The book is out of date. And it is incomplete. But there is little else extant about the Bay Area Ridge Trail. No maps, little else at all. I suppose that is typical for an undertaking that continues to grow. But the best way to present information about this trail would be on the Internet. Yet the B.A.R.T. official site is is pretty sketchy. This review is not in any way a criticism of the author. She wrote the first major work on the trail. All her research was original. And in 2002, it was somewhat timely. And the Trail Council works with a very small budget. So someone who wants to find out current information about the B.A.R.T. will have do dig for it. The trail is a grand undertaking, but not adequately described.