Hiking Grand Teton National Park, 2nd

5 Responses to “Hiking Grand Teton National Park, 2nd”

1. Thomas L. Warren says:

   July 1, 2010 at 2:31 am

   This book gives a pretty excellent synopsis of the hiking trails in Grand Teton National Park. My one complaint would be regarding the trail for Sandstone Gap/Rendevous mountains (Chapter 3). The elevation map showed the trail being flat at the end. You really ascend a bit at the end. I wish I had known that before because I was pretty tired at the end. Additional than that, I establish the book accurate, and a a fantastic guide to hiking in the area.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
2. ARam says:

   July 1, 2010 at 4:15 am

   The book contains nice maps for each of the hikes and even an elevation profile for the hikes that warrant one. I especially like the classifying of the hikes at the end of the book in several categories such as flat hikes, elevation gain, or one night back country stay etc…
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
3. ARAWAK says:

   July 1, 2010 at 6:18 am

   Very clear guide,but spending only few days in the aerea, I would have loved one photo for each road to figure out what you see
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
4. Geoffrey W. Richardson says:

   July 1, 2010 at 8:45 am

   This book covers only Grand Teton Nat’l Park, which is fantastic beacuse most trail books throw GTNP in with Yellowstone trail books and persons never seem to give the attention GTNP deserves. I have vacationed and hiked GTNP several times over the past ten years and bought more than a few of these books looking for details on the longer hikes while being mindful of the abilities of my children (pre-teen and early teen). This book allows you to plot for both. The leader provides elevation profiles for each hike as well as the usual distance and difficulty rating. Like most people, the ratings are permanently a bit hard to match with one’s ability and stamina. The elevation profiles give you a real sense of what you’re in for! In addition, each hike is described to you in detail: what you experience, what you’ll see, what to watch for, how much time the hike will take, and offer some options for shorter or longer combined hikes. Brilliant! If I had to recommend only one of the dozen or so that I have read about GTNP, this would certainly be the one!
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
5. Ralph C. Goodman says:

   July 1, 2010 at 10:06 am

   Having read this book and just spent a week using it in hiking in the Tetons, I establish it generally useful and accurate. The maps and directions for finding trailheads are excellent, and the mileage counter provided gives a excellent indication of progress on the walks. I would make several recommendations for changes, but. First, I disagree with the level of difficulty status for some of the trails. For instance, the Amphitheater Lake trail is clearly more strenuous and hard than the Holly Lake trail. Second, there should be numerical figure giving the actual elevation gain in addition to the useful elevation profile graph. Finally, the book did not include the brilliant Hanging Gap trail, which though unmaintained, is still a fantastic climb. I establish the book Day Hiking Grand Teton National Park by Tom Carter to be equally useful and much more packable based on its tiny size.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5