The Tahoe Rim Trail: A Complete Guide For Hikers, Mountain Bikers, And Equestrians Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
This edition is out of print. Please order the Second Edition (ISBN:978-0-89997-472-9). A spectacular loop around the largest alpine lake in North America, the Tahoe Rim Trail crosses volcanic peaks and stark granite basins, lush meadows and pine forests; it traverses two states and numerous wilderness areas and parks. The author divides the 150-mile trail into eight segments and gives you directions to trailheads and detailed route descriptions; he clues you in about special concerns along the way, like water, weather, vegetation, and natural highlights.
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Wilderness Press; 1 edition (July 31, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0899972888
ISBN-13: 978-0899972886
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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The author clearly knows and loves the area; a good thing because The Tahoe Rim Trail is the only guide out on this recently completed trail. Both planning and take with you information are in the book. When you are ready to go, just cut out the trail descriptions to take with you. I would also buy a Tom Harrison Lake Tahoe Recreation Map. The book's maps are good, but not convenient for map and compass work.About the review lead: I was just reading along, checking out the background information chapter, and the flora and fauna chapter, then hit the Lets All Get Along chapter. On this multiuse trail, hiker, horse and mountain bike interactions are common. The Sharing the Trail With Horses section led off with "A horse believes that everything will eat it until proved otherwise" (from Sonja Willits, TRT Newsletter). That phrase made me smile and instantly simplified the horse-hiker rules I have heard. It is now engraved in my brain. I - a non-biking hiker, appreciated the Dirt User's Hints (for bikers). The chapter was rounded out by the Inconsiderate Backcountry Blockhead rules for how to be a bad hiker.Good information in Weather, Water and When to Go chapter. This is where the author's local knowledge is obvious. Snow is a factor for many months, Lightning for others. Some of the paragraph leads: Elevation, Which Way the Mountain Faces, Lee of the Mountains:..., The Wind..., Dehydration, Hypothermia, Avalanches.The Users Guide chapter has info on, for example: what to take, where to fish, where to take the kids, lists the trailheads, and is addressed to horse people and mountain bikers as well as hikers.The meat of the book is the Trail Descriptions chapter.
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