Canadian Rockies Trail Guide - Softcover

Brian Patton And Bart Robinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981149189 ISBN 13: 9780981149189

Publisher: Summerthought Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Known affectionately as the Bible by outdoor enthusiasts, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide was the first guidebook with accurate distances and detailed descriptions to the trails of the Canadian Rockies. Now in its 9th edition, the popular tome has evolved into the most comprehensive and well-known guidebook to hiking in the region.

Includes: 227 hikes for all levels of fitness are detailed with distance outlines and detailed trail descriptions.

Authors Brian Patton and Bart Robinson are regarded as the ultimate authority on hiking in the Canadian Rockies.

Not only is Canadian Rockies Trail Guide known locally as the Bible, it is the only hiking guide to the region recommended by Fodor s, Frommer s, and Lonely Planet. With over 250,000 copies in print, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is one of the best-selling non-fiction books in Canadian publishing history

About this title

About the Author:

For the past 40 years, Brian Patton has interpreted the natural and human history of the Canadian Rockies in books, on film and through presentations. He has authored numerous Canadian Rockies books and continues to work on a variety projects from his home in Invermere, British Columbia.

Following the publication of the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, Bart Robinson authored several books on the Canadian Rockies. Subsequently, he has enjoyed a long career as a journalist, editor, and conservationist. He currently lives in Canmore, Alberta.

Review:

"I met Brian Patton and Bart Robinson in the summer of 1970 when I was working as a mountain guide at Lake O'Hara and Brian and Bart showed up in the valley doing their initial research for what was to become the iconic "Trail Guide to the Canadian Rockies". The pair was walking every trail in the range, notebook in hand, pushing a measuring wheel and noting all the distances. This, I am sure, is the only time that this has ever been done and I feel comfortable in saying that every guidebook author since, has used Brian and Bart's trail distances. Their book is the original and, in my opinion, still the best." --Chic Scott

About this edition

• Publisher: Summerthought Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0981149189
• ISBN 13: 9780981149189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464