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Title: Alpine Sierra Trailblazer: Where to Hike, Ski, Bike, Fish and Drive from Tahoe to Yosemite by Jerry Sprout, Janine Sprout ISBN: 0-9670072-6-7 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Great hiking the eastern side of the Sierrra
Comment: I've been hiking the Southern Sierra for around fifteen years and was given this book by a friend from Tahoe. He said it would lay out the best of the best places to hike along the stretch from Tahoe to Yosemite. It's rare to find a book that devotes itself to this sparsely inhabited area. I put it through its paces briefly on a road trip from L.A. last month and took some pretty spectacular day hikes right off Highway 395. The trails were well marked, a few fallen trees not cleaned up yet by the trail crews, but I got enough of a workout to start the long process of getting in shape for long treks in the coming months.

I personally like the practical way the book is laid out and the detailed descriptions. There was just enough text to get me interested and not fall asleep reading it. The size is just right and fits in the outer pockets of my pack.

It has places to stay, maps showing the trailhead entrances, length of hike, elevations, terrain descriptions, all the campgrounds, hiking tips, an even places to eat or stay when you come down off the trail. If you're thinking of hiking or carcamping this region, by all means buy this book for the real get down skinny.

Rating: 5
Summary: New Edition
Comment: The new book on Alpine County is wonderful. In all the revised sections the new pictures add a great deal. Trailblazers illuminate places we have already been, but seeing them through the authors' eyes is like the Sierra sky opening after a stormy day - new beautice, new corners to explore.

I like the broadening of the Alpine Sierra east coverage. People get attached to their pass and forget how the valleys and peaks are connected. On this trip we drove only short distances but went from Great Basin desert to riverbank, to forest, to meadow, to granite ridges of high peaks.

Rating: 5
Summary: Best of the Sierra
Comment: Hope Valley and Yosemite have always been places I gravitate to when I want to recharge. I like to dayhike and have found this book to contain some real gems just off what I think are the most beautiful passes in the Sierra: Carson, Ebbetts Monitor, Tioga and Echo. The authors have really done a fantastic job organizing the trails and maps into one densely packed guidebook. This isn't your standard dry book of hikes. It's lively and infused with humor and insights only a local author would know.