Mile by mile color Waterproof Guide to the Colorado River through Grand Canyon with shaded relief/topographic maps, and special sections on history, archaeology, geology, natural history and photography. New for 2009: Updated with campsites and new USGS Mileage Points
In 1926, park naturalists began writing a compilation of articles about Grand Canyon National Park known as Nature Notes. A splendid selection of favorites is featured in this collection.
The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ."
Carving Grand Canyon provides a synopsis of the intriguing ideas and innovative theories that geologists have developed over time. This story of a fascinating landscape is told in an engaging style that non-scientists will find inviting. The story's end, however, remains a mystery yet to be solved.
In DAY HIKES FROM THE RIVER SECOND EDITION, author, hiker and river runner Tom Martin offers river runners through Grand Canyon National Park a new text on exploring Grand Canyon National Park from the Colorado River. There are 100 hikes in the book, up from 75 in the first edition. Besides a description of each hike, the text includes the best camps to stage the hike from. Information on winter and summer sun exposure, along with pertinent pull-in information is also provided where needed. Each hike description includes images from USGS topo maps with the hike clearly marked on the map. This book is for the river runner who wants to increase their options for activities and gain a greater appreciation of what rafting in Grand Canyon has to offer, besides running great whitewater. This guide identifies many camps that are not listed in any other guidebook. This book is intended to be used by river runners to expand their knowledge base beyond the most heavily visited attraction sites on the river. While this book includes every heavily visited site on the River, it expands river runners options to include lots more wonderful places to visit in the most Grand of Canyons.
Your Complete Guide to the Grand Canyon:The best strategies for seeing this spectacular park, whether you have a full week or just a few hoursGreat places to stay, from cozy lodges on the canyon rim to family-friendly gateway motels—plus a complete camp-ground guideCanyon adventures for everyone: helicopter tours, guided mule rides, rafting trips along the Colorado, and moreThe best hikes, from gently rolling rim trails to overnight treks that take you deep into the canyonWhere to eat and stock up on supplies—both in the parks and in the gateway townsDetailed, accurate park and trail maps
Great source of information about the South Rim. The author has accumulated over 6200 hiking miles and almost 700 hiking days in the Grand Canyon. He began hiking with his young family on the central corridor trails and eventually moved into the more remote areas of the Grand Canyon. The writing is inspiring and easy to use.
Off-trail hiking is the best way to feel involved with a landscape. In this book, veteran explorer George Steck helps the reader get to know one of the grandest landforms in nature. An informal raconteur, Steck describes in entertaining fashion four of his favorite off-trail hikes that allow a common starting and ending point.
This book will lead you past the bustling overlooks, and beyond the busy trails to the heart of spiritually-inspiring Grand Canyon. Standard hikes like Thunder River and Nankoweap are covered, as well as numerous lesser-known routes. Maps and photos accompany every route description in this easy to use guide. This is the book to have for the best hikes along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
When Harvey Butchart arrived in Flagstaff, Arizona from Iowa just after the end of World War II, he had only seen pictures of the Grand Canyon in books. Soon, he made his first trip there and was hooked. For 40 years, the mathematics professor from NAU, later called the "undisputed king of extreme and obsessive Grand Canyon hiking" by Backpacker Magazine, hiked more than 12,000 miles into remote and previously uncharted Canyon territory recording his routes on detailed maps and in journal entries. From Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead, Harvey Butchart was credited with finding more than 116 new approaches to the Colorado River and with summiting 83 of the 138 named peaks in the Canyon, 35 of those being first ascents. In Grand Canyon Treks, Butchart shares his pioneering explorations with entirely new generations of Grand Canyon adventurers.
Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide All New Edition
Best of Grand Canyon Nature Notes 1926-1935
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery
Day Hikes from the River (2nd Edition)
Frommer's Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon Hiking Adventures (South Rim)
Grand Canyon Loop Hikes I
Grand Canyon River Hikes
Grand Canyon Treks: 12,000 Miles Through the Grand Canyon
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