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Post your recommendations or questions about guide books here.

Lately, I've found myself running a little dry on go-to places that I want to backpack. So last night, I dug through my stack of books and pulled out Steve Allen's Canyoneering 3. WOW. I read it cover to cover probably 5-6 years ago but it was so much more interesting knowing what I know now. Some of the routes are technical but most are hiking. I've spent the last 24 hours thinking of how I can pull off spending more like 7-9 days in the desert rather than the standard 2-3...

If you're looking to do some off the radar stuff in and around Escalante, I highly recommend it.
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That's cool that David Day is your neigbor, barl0w. I love his Canyonlands book. It was my primary source of info for Salt Creek and has a lot of other great stuff in it too.

Canyonlands National Park Favorite Jeep Roads & Hiking Trails

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Although next time you see him, tell him I said Comic Sans should never be used on the cover of a book! Or anywhere for that matter! :lol:
 
I've got a few.

Rick Stinchfield's Capitol Reef National Park- The complete Hiking and Touring Guide. Very good for Capitol Reef.

Flyfishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry by Rich Osthoff. If you're serious about backcountry fishing, this book gives you the keys to get into the best fishing. One nice thing about it is you can do a lot of the planning before you even set foot in the mountains. Nice for a time like this when it's nice here, yet frozen up there.

The Most Complete Guide to Wyoming Fishing by John Baughman. I found this one a few years ago at a library. It had so much info in it that I had ultimately tracked down the author and publisher to get a copy of it. AMAZING. Especially if you want to catch a golden trout.
 
I've got a few.
The Most Complete Guide to Wyoming Fishing by John Baughman. I found this one a few years ago at a library. It had so much info in it that I had ultimately tracked down the author and publisher to get a copy of it. AMAZING. Especially if you want to catch a golden trout.

I've got the Flyfishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry book but how/where did you get a copy of The Most Complete Guide to Wyoming Fishing? I would be really interested in it.
 
I've got the Flyfishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry book but how/where did you get a copy of The Most Complete Guide to Wyoming Fishing? I would be really interested in it.

Nevermind. I found it on Amazon. Thanks. FYI If you contact the Pinedale and Lander fish and game offices they are very helpful in providing info on where to catch Golden Trout in the Winds. They gave me recent stocking info and a list of lakes that have Golden populations. I have contacts for both offices if you want them.
 
That's cool that David Day is your neigbor, barl0w. I love his Canyonlands book. It was my primary source of info for Salt Creek and has a lot of other great stuff in it too.

Canyonlands National Park Favorite Jeep Roads & Hiking Trails

Utah's Incredible Backcountry Trails

Although next time you see him, tell him I said Comic Sans should never be used on the cover of a book! Or anywhere for that matter! :lol:


I have both books of him and love them.
A lot of wonderful ideas for hikes and especially the Canyonlands book I used a lot since I purchased it. Will do so again this summer :)
 
Nevermind. I found it on Amazon. Thanks. FYI If you contact the Pinedale and Lander fish and game offices they are very helpful in providing info on where to catch Golden Trout in the Winds. They gave me recent stocking info and a list of lakes that have Golden populations. I have contacts for both offices if you want them.

I've seen it over $100 on Amazon. If it's in the 20-30 range don't hesitate. It's worth every penny.

I would be interested in the stocking info up there.
 
For those looking for another level of info on the Escalante Canyons and Kaiparowits Plateau, I recommend the book Arches of the Escalante Canyons and Kaiparowits Plateau by Escalante local Jens Munthe. I provided an amazon link to eyeball it, but PLEASE do not buy it there.
Jens has BOXES of them which he had to purchase from the publisher. It is now out of print & there are very few which show up online.
I've started to work with a mutual friend of his to develop a website which will make the books directly available. I have also plotted the entire database of gps coordinates for the Arches on google earth and have an updated database with an additional 170 or so arches added to it (making a total of over 800 documented arches in the area).
I'll let everyone know when the site goes live (it will probably be a little while) or if anyone is interested in the book, we should be carrying them at Hills & Hollows as soon as I can get over to pick some up from him.

as far as hiking in the Escalante Canyons, the Steve Allen Canyoneering 3 book is like a bible. I reference it to double check many of my own routes or to preview areas I am going into. I used to use the Kelsey book, but it is so horribly printed and annoying that everything is in metric. I will still reference it to double check some things though.

Our current best seller at the store is Hiking From Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country. very user friendly and covers most of the major hikes and a few lesser known ones throughout Southern Utah. The couple who wrote it are based here in Boulder and are great people.
 
Our current best seller at the store is Hiking From Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country. very user friendly and covers most of the major hikes and a few lesser known ones throughout Southern Utah. The couple who wrote it are based here in Boulder and are great people.

I used this book for several years and my copy is basically falling apart. :)
There are many good solid hikes in it, a few backpacking trips as well.
But a few months ago I replaced it with David Day's book and I will definitely leave the Wow book at home this season.

I'll let everyone know when the site goes live (it will probably be a little while) or if anyone is interested in the book, we should be carrying them at Hills & Hollows as soon as I can get over to pick some up from him.

I'm definitely interested and always try to find some literature about the area.
 
My books consist mostly of Kelsey guides. I know he can be known to be a "little" off his rocker here and there, but the dude has been all over the place and you have to respect that. I understand that most of his info is based on the description from a dude that can likely out-hike us all, so I do keep it in perspective, however I'm still pissed at myself for attempting to follow his route description exiting the notch at the wave last year......

I'd love to get that Steve Allen book just to toss things up a bit.
 
i like the "Photographing the Southwest" series by Laurent Martres. i just a got of hold of Michael Kelsey's Non-Technical Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau and i am impressed with the amount of information he has included in the book. Anyone read "A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa"? Is it worth purchasing?
 
Nik ~ Though Tassoni's book 'A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa' has some good general information......I can't tell you how many people I have come across on trails over the years that were lost .....who had that book in their hands at the time.....
 
I own all of the books mentioned above, except the fly fishing book, and peruse them all from time to time, depending on where I'm thinking of going. I'm kind of a travel guide junkie.:) Another good guide is 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles. I have the S.L.C. guide, but the series covers other cities around the country, as well.
 
I just got my copy of Steve Allen's Canyoneering 2 today. It had been unavailable for a long time with people on amazon selling it for way over retail. I guess they were just waiting on the next revision because the book I got today looks nothing like the old Canyoneering series book covers.

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I just got my copy of Steve Allen's Canyoneering 2 today. It had been unavailable for a long time with people on amazon selling it for way over retail. I guess they were just waiting on the next revision because the book I got today looks nothing like the old Canyoneering series book covers.

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all of the Steve Allen books have new covers. just noticed it when i was in Escalante Outfitters the other day.
 

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