Foghorn Outdoors Utah Hiking: The Complete Guide to More Than 300 of the Best Hikes in the Beehive State (Foghorn Outdoors: Utah Hiking) (Paperback)

~ Buck Tilton (Author) "Ask a Utah-born and raised backpacker about the River Raft Mountains, and you usually hear a befuddled "Huh?..." (more)
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Product Description

A guide to America's most popular outdoor sport in one of the country's best-loved destinations for natural beauty. "Utah Hiking" covers more than 300 hiking trails throughout the state, including day hikes, overnight trips, and multi-day trails.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; illustrated edition edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573540439
• ISBN-13: 978-1573540438
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #222,287 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacks maps, other info, April 11, 2000

By A Customer

A disappointing hiker's guide to Utah. Lists lots of hikes, gives a 1-5 dificulty rating, 1-10 "appeal rating", length of hike, location, cursory instruction to get to trailhead. Hikes are organized by 6 regions in the state. The hike's description lacks info on altitudes (Does it climb 600 or 6000 feet? Does it start at 6000 feet so I need a coat?) The book's only map is a state map showing location of all the hikes - no individual maps of trails or roads to trailheads. Almost every hike suggests where you should go to buy a topo of the area. Why repeat this boilerplate for every hike? The trail descriptions don't explain the reason for the appeal rating. (Is it great red-rock vista, or a nice stream, or just developed campsites that make the hike a "7"?)

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars utah hiker, December 13, 2000

By A Customer

My biggest problem with this book besides no maps and scant detail on hikes is this... No pictures! Notta, nil, nothing. This book desperately needs a major revision.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Plentiful hiking options but little guidance., July 2, 2005

By	R. Perkins "purquell" (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

So many hikes in this book covering all regions of the state. What I initialy liked about this book, and which is its strong point, is each trail's length, physical difficulty rating, and beauty rating. Such a nice way to lay out a hiking book, thus you can ask 'where could I do a two night backpacking trip at a certain elevation in a certain part of the state?' Trouble is, for example, at least one late spring a couple years ago, I found a hike in the La Sals starting near Castle Valley/Moab which sounded perfect (moderate elevation- snow melted but not hot desert) but the beginning of the hike was on private cattle property- the trail was difficult to follow and closed by multiple gates! After a couple hours I had to head back to the car and rethink my mini-vacation. I've had similar trouble with a couple other trails- difficult to know what you're supposed to do in these situations; keep going and hope for the best?