Hiking & Backpacking Big Sur: A Complete Guide to the Trails of Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness, and Silver Peak Wilderness (Hiking and Backpacking)
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796 EAN: 9780899973265 ISBN: 0899973264 Label: Wilderness Press Manufacturer: Wilderness Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 323 Publication Date: 2005-01 Publisher: Wilderness Press Studio: Wilderness Press
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Customer Rating:      Summary: Best Big Sur Hiking/Backpacking Book Out There Comment: Best Big Sur Hiking/Backpacking Book Out There! I'm a local, I try to get into the mountains whenever possible & this book is the bomb. I've checked out a few others & this is the best by far.
It has detailed topographic maps with trails drawn in & great descriptions of each trail including elevations @ points along each trail. Elevations are critical because the Sur is all about elevation 0-5150 ft.
Great book, if your considering a book about all Big Sur has to offer beyond Highway 1 this is the book.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Perfect condition and perfect timing! Comment: This is a great book. A friend and I had a trip to Big Sur planned and the book came several days before so that I was able to study up and enjoy the area even more!
Customer Rating:      Summary: Very Good Comment: This book isn't great, but it is very good.
Pros
1. It is inspiring. I feel like I want to go do the hike after I read the description
2. Good pictures. Some have people in them and these are done very well.
3. Good descriptions. These aren't little one page jobs.
Cons
1. Pictures - The pictures are black and white, not color and I think color pictures can mean everything. But this does not detract that much from this fine book
Customer Rating:      Summary: Clear, On Track, Vital Comment: The book was wonderful to have on our trip to the Central Coast. Objective information with enough opinion and subjective information to help us decide where, how, when for each hike. The back of the book with the top list organized by theme was very helpful. One way the book could have been better is with a cross-reference chart... so if you want both "ocean" and "redwoods" as themes you could look it up, instead of a bunch of page flipping. The author does a good job appealing to a wide range, level of hikers, rare in a guide book.
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