Hiking Yosemite National Park...
by Suzanne Swedo; Paperback
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Yosemite National Park, in the heart of John Muir's Range of Light, encompasses almost 1,200 square miles and almost 800 miles of trails through some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery on earth. From the rolling oak woodlands of the western slope to the jagged mountain crest, Yosemite's amazing diversity helps earn the park's place as one of America's most popular destinations and still offers solitude and a genuine wilderness experience for those willing to seek it. In Hiking Yosemite National Park, journey with veteran outdoor writer Suzanne Swedo through groves of giant sequoias and miles of meadows rich with wildflowers and wildlife. Visit the towering domes, booming waterfalls, and jagged peaks thatt inspired some of the greatest artists and thinkers of our century. Swedo is your personal guide through nature's finest classroom, sharing the region's rich history, useful hiking tips, and accurate, up-to-date information. With stunning photos, detailed maps, and elevation graphs, Hiking Yosemite National Park is a long-awaited companion for the hiker eager to fully experience one of our nation's natural treasures.

This is a fine guide if you have never hiked before in a National Park, or if you merely dabble occasionally in the sport. The maps are excellent, as are the trail descriptions, elevation gains and driving directions to the trail heads. Most of these hikes can easily be completed by even the most unfit hiker, children, or eldery people.

Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite...
by Suzanne Swedo

Yosemite National Park boasts some of the countryÕs most remarkable and diverse wild lands. Rolling slope woodlands, jagged mountain crests, giant sequoias, glacier-carved valleys, twisting spyres, and booming waterfalls are all nestled in this dynamic landscape. Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite samples over 20 of the most scenic and least physically challenging trails within the park. The hikes described here are scattered throughout the entire park, leading you to uncongested trails and some of the parkÕs best kept secrets.

Easy Day Hikes in Yosemite...
by Deborah J. Durkee, Fiona King (Illustrator)

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The Tahoe-Yosemite Trail : A...
by Thomas Winnett
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Reviewer: Greg Gomez (ggomez@asphyxiation.com) from Mountain View, CA I've used this guide on every leg described in the book and it was dead on (1988 - 1996). The summit creek area description was helpful since that section wasn't well marked. Is much better than USGS maps. Definitely recommend. 259 Top of the line.

Yosemite : The Valley and Surrounding...
by Jefferey P. Schaffer
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THIS is the one you slip in the daypack or backpack for the walk you've been evangelized to take after reading his Yosemite National Park guide (there's a new edition), the classics Sierra North and Sierra South or one of the others. Sure some people even carry The Complete Walker (! ) but for those less robust the Hiking Guide series offers compact, area specific guides that are perfect for on-the-trail reference. As for prose I've never encountered any backbacking guide that surpassed the wonderful descriptions Wilderness Press has established as it's standard. I only wish there were guides of that caliber for here on the East coast to replace the souless mileage lists that pass for "trail guides" here. My first edition Sierra South has fallen quite apart I've read through it so many times just to enjoy the words: I've been there and those books bring the Sierra to life as you read.

Yosemite National Park Panoramic Hiking
by Trail Tracks

Trail Tracks' panoramic hiking map of Yosemite vividly illustrates the variety of terrain, geologic features and temperate zones in this diverse national park. Included are the Tuolumne Meadows, representing the high mountains; the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir area with its mountain desert; the Yosemite Valley displaying magnificient waterfalls & granite monuments, including El Capitan & Half Dome; and the Mariposa Grove/Wawona area with the towering sequoias. The difficulty of the trails is color-coded based on one-way distance and elevation gain. Good information about wildlife encounters and safety is found on the back of the map as well as charts which provide individual trail features.

Emigrant Wilderness and Northwestern...
by Ben Schifrin
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Bordering the northern border of CaliforniaÕs Yosemite National Park is a wilderness area nearly forgotten by the crowds of tourists ogling the vertical face of El Capitan or the graceful curvature of Half-Dome--and therein lies its charm. This guidebook to the Emigrant Wilderness covers all the area's trails, as well as fishing options, climbing routes, mountain biking, winter recreation, natural history, and horsepacking. Also included is a handy fold-out topographic map.