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Title: Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies: An Opinionated Hiking Guide to Help You Get the Most from This Magnificent Wilderness by Kathy Copeland, Craig Copeland ISBN: 0-9698016-0-2 Publisher: Voice in the Wilderness Press Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended
Comment: We used this book on a recent day-hiking trip to the Canadian Rockies. While the "rad" writing style isn't exactly our cup of tea, the hike descriptions and ratings are right on. Every "premier"-rated hike we took was an absolute winner. Note that the book does not include any maps at all -- not even sketches -- so getting good hiking maps to go along with it is a must. When we traveled from the Rockies to Southwest British Columbia we were devastated not to find the authors' "Don't Waste Your Time" for that region in any local bookstores or hiking shops we passed. We've used many, many hiking books for various regions around the world over the years, and "Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies" truly stands out as the most useful and fun. Congratulations to the authors.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pulls no punches, and that's refreshing
Comment: For as long as I can remember, my reference to Canadian Rocky Mountain hiking trails has been the venerable Canadian Rockies Trail Guide by Patton and Robinson, which, while easily the standard reference and required reading for every hiker, tends to avoid the question of whether a trail is worth doing or not. Except for masochistic marvels like the notorious Carrot Creek trail (removed from the 7th edition), Patton and Robinson are rather trail-agnostic: some trails are good day hikes, others are backpacking adventures for "explorers" with good route-finding skills. To each his/her own.
The Copelands' Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies isn't like that. The authors have an opinion of what constitutes a good hike: jaw-dropping scenery throughout the hike, and preferably above treeline. They discard lengthy, scenery-poor hikes like Howse Pass and Jasper National Park's boundary trails and rank the rest. They pull no punches and, if you understand and agree with their point of view, you find yourself nodding in agreement. The trails I've hiked have earned the rankings in this book -- for example, Paradise Valley and Helen Lake as "premier", Citadel Pass and Eiffel Lake as "outstanding", Chephren Lake as "don't do" (had I but known ... ).
The Copelands include a few ridge walks and scree scrambles not covered by the Patton/Robinson guide, which aren't my cup of tea. They are also more apt to point out trails that present a higher risk of a bear encounter (e.g. Maccarib Pass and Glacier Lake, and it's one of the reasons why they don't include Banff Front Range trails). On the other hand, there are no trail maps, and I find the descriptions more thorough in Patton and Robinson. As a result, you should get both guides, since each makes up for the shortcomings of the other: you need the raw data and authority of Patton and Robinson as much as you need the opinion of the Copelands.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice, but not necessary
Comment: I bought this book and "The Candian Rockies Trail Guide" in preparation for two weeks for backpacking and dayhiking in the Mountain Parks, from which I just returned.
I went on many of the hikes described in the book and found that they mostly coincided with my personal impression, but most of the time I would have been able form that opinion from reading the more factual "Trail Guide" description only, together with the respective Gemtrek map, which you will need anyway. So, basically, this is a nice addition to the "Trail Guide", which itself is indespensable.
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Title: Banff National Park Map by Jack Joyce ISBN: 1895907152 Publisher: ITMB Publishing Pub. Date: 30 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Jasper National Park Map by International Travel Maps, International Travel Maps ISBN: 1895907691 Publisher: ITMB Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Moon Handbooks Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks by Andrew Hempstead ISBN: 1566914930 Publisher: Moon Travel Handbooks Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Canadian Rockies Trail Guide by Brian Patton, Bart Robinson ISBN: 0919934900 Publisher: Summerthought Ltd Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Frommer's Banff and Jasper National Parks by Christie Pashby ISBN: 1894413415 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: 07 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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