Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country: 90 Trails to the Wonder of Wilderness

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WOW. Think of it as the Wonder of Wilderness. Because thats your destination when Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country by Kathy and Craig Copeland is your guide. It describes the 90 most compelling trails within our planets most bizarrely beautiful region.
The authors hiked more than 2,300 miles through Zion, Bryce, Escalante-Grand Staircase, Glen Canyon, Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Canyonlands, Moab, Arches, Capitol Reef, and the San Rafael Swell. Then they winnowed all that exploration down to their favorite hikes: each selected for its power to intrigue, to stir, to dazzle, to mystify, to inspire, to thrill, and to incite awe.
Their 480-page book describes precisely where to find the red rock cliffs, slick rock domes, soaring arches, and ancient ruins that make southern Utah unique in the world. It offers the boot-tested advice you need to create rewarding adventures. And it does so in refreshing style: unstintingly honest, entertainingly written, lavished with gorgeous photography, creatively designed.
WOW Utah is full-color throughout, includes an easy-to-grok trail map for each day hike and backpack trip, and liberally dispenses the Copelands discerning counsel on how to make the most of every precious weekend or vacation. Their approachseparately presenting Opinion and Fact for each hikeis unconventional and extremely helpful. Their thoughtful, compelling descriptions interpret Utah canyon country in ways that are clever, poetic, penetrating, spiritual, startling, and sometimes just plain funny. So Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country provides hours of rapt reading even when youre not choosing a hike.
This guide is is ideal for intermediate to advanced hikers keen to be on the trail for four to six hours a day.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wilderness Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 20, 2018
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 446 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0899978509
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0899978505
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,000,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #29 in Salt Lake City Utah Travel Books #368 in West Mountain United States Travel Books #614 in Walking (Books)
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Customers find this hiking guide to be an ideal resource for intermediate and advanced hikers, with thorough yet concise descriptions and extensive articles on each trail and overlook. The book features many photos of the areas and trails covered, and is written by experienced hikers who have done all the hikes. While the maps are generally good, some customers note that they fail to include GPS data.