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Title: The Tahoe Rim Trail: A Complete Guide for Hikers, Mountain Bikers, and Equestrians by Tim Hauserman ISBN: 0-89997-288-8 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Perhaps too much of a good thing
Comment: It's nice to see Tim Hauserman come out with a guide to the Tahoe Rim Trail so soon after the trail's completion. The Tahoe Rim Trail is destined to be one of the elite distance hikes in the West, right next to the High Sierra Trail, John Muir Trail, and Skyline to the Sea Trail. Having been to the Tahoe area, and recently finished reading the guide, I am already planning a thru hike on the trail for next year.
This book has a number of excellent features. The use of Tom Harrison maps (and the expertise of Jeffrey Schaffer) in the trail description chapters give the prospective hiker far more detail than typical guidebooks do. This is especially important in planning the logistics of a 150+ mile hike. In addition, Hauserman has done an excellent job of breaking the trail down into managable day-hikes and/or overnight trips. Those who, like my wife, want to complete the trail in 2 or more summers will find his organization useful. Finally, the trail description of each segement begins with helpful notes on water sources, camping locations, etc, which will greatly assist both thru hikers and those sampling the trail on a day hike.
If the book has a problem, it is the amount of space it devotes to introducing the Tahoe area and the trail. Less than half the book is devoted to trail description. While the rest of the material made for fascinating, and sometimes funny reading (Hauserman has a great sense of humor) it does add to the weight of the book. I appreciate this in my armchair, but will undoubtably be less happy with it on the trail. Other Wilderness Press Guides to similar sized trails are more compact (and still have great maps). Despite this small criticism, the book is an excellent buy and Hauserman has done a good job summarizing what will surely be one of the premier hiking trails in the years to come.
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Title: The Tahoe Sierra: A Natural History Guide to 112 Hikes in the Northern Sierra by Jeffrey P. Schaffer ISBN: 0899972209 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Best Easy Day Hikes Lake Tahoe by Tracy Salcedo ISBN: 1560448660 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Tahoe Rim Trail Trail View Map by Steven Anderson ISBN: 0972978100 Publisher: Take It Outdoors! Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Mountain Biking South Lake Tahoe's Best Trails by Carol Bonser, R. W. Miskimins ISBN: 0938665529 Publisher: Fine Edge Productions Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Snowshoe Trails of Tahoe by Michael C. White ISBN: 0899972349 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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