Backpacker Hidden Gems: 100 Greatest Undiscovered Hikes Across America

427 Pages·2018·98.61 MB·English

by  Maren Horjus

BACKPACKER
HIDDEN GEMS
100 GREATEST UNDISCOVERED
HIKES ACROSS AMERICA
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Names: Horjus, Maren, author.
Title: Backpacker Hidden Gems : 100 greatest undiscovered hikes across America / by Maren
Horjus.
Description: Guilford, Connecticut : Falcon, [2018] | “Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK
NETWORK”—T.p. verso.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002523| ISBN 9781493033867 (Paperback) | ISBN 9781493033874 (e-
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Subjects: LCSH: Backpacking—United States—Guidebooks. | Hiking—United States—
Guidebooks. | Walking—United States—Guidebooks. | Trails—United States—Guidebooks. |
United States—Guidebooks.
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injuries sustained by, readers who engage in the activities described in this book.
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Photo: John McCormick
BACKPACKER
100 GREATEST
HIDDEN
UNDISCOVERED
GEMS
HIKES ACROSS
AMERICA
Maren Horjus
FALCONGUIDES
®
GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT
CONTENTS
I. WEST
Introduction: Spoiler Alert
01 Return of the Natives
Channel Islands, California
02 Do It Yourself
Grapevine Mountains, Death Valley National Park, California 03 Easy
Alaska
Beardslee Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
04 Wet and Wild
Waimanu Valley, Kohala Forest Reserve, Hawaii
05 Insider’s Guide Warm Haven
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
06 Highlight Reel
Nydiver Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness, California
07 Mountain Refuge
Arrigetch Creek, Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Alaska 08
Alone In a Crowd
Yosemite National Park, California
09 Land of Giants
Redwood Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, California
10 Splashdown
Summit Lakes, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California 11 Insider’s
Guide Punishing Paradise
Lost Coast, California
II. PACIFIC NORTHWEST
12 The Highest Order
North Cascades National Park, Washington
13 Emerald City
Queets River, Olympic National Park, Washington
14 Middle of Nowhere
West Little Owyhee Canyon, Owyhee Canyonlands, Oregon
15 Life Finds a Way
Mount St. Helens, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington 16 Ocean
Avenue
Oregon Dunes, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Oregon 17
Wildflowers and Waterfalls
Mother Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington 18 Good as
New
Rogue River, Wild Rogue Wilderness, Oregon
19 Above It All
Sahale Glacier Camp, North Cascades National Park, Washington 20
Lonely Canyon
Joseph Canyon, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon
21 Insider’s Guide Go Green
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington
III. SOUTHWEST
22 Canyon Confidential
Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Special Recreation Management Area, Utah
23 Second Is the Best
Bush Mountain, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas 24 Blast
From the Past
Yapashi Pueblo, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico 25 Insider’s
Guide Desert Oasis
Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona
26 Spring Fling