| The Hiker's Guide to Alaska (Falcon Guide) |  | Authors: Evan Swensen, Margaret Swensen
Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2058420
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 205
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1560441062
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.509798
EAN: 9781560441069
ASIN: 1560441062
Publication Date: May 1992
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The 90 trails in this guide to the Land of the Midnight Sun range from easy coastal trails in Anchorage to difficult ascents of Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak. Glacier treks are interspersed with bushwhacks through Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, which is the country's largest national park, nearly six times the size of Yellowstone. Each trail description includes a difficulty rating, length in mileage (except for Mount McKinley, where difficulty is expressed by its 20,320-foot elevation), elevation gain, special attractions, and best season to hike. Some of the descriptions include simple sketch maps of the trails, but the guide is not meant to take the place of topographic maps. Instead, it cites the appropriate U.S. Geological Survey map and addresses for hikers to get more trail information. Most of the trails are accessible by road, but some are best reached by bush plane. The authors also give a grizzly-safety primer and some methods to avoid being eaten alive by the large but slow-moving mosquitoes of Alaska. --Dolores Kong
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An enormous state crammed into 200 pages. June 11, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Each community in Alaska could easily fill a volume this size with descriptions of the recreational opportunities in the area. This book does a decent job boiling those opportunities down to just a few in each region. This book covers the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage area fairly well. It does not do Southeast Alaska justice though. (But I'm biased since I live there!) Instead of planning a trip around this book I would recommend contacting individual communities to get copies of any trail guides they have available.
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