Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park: A Hiking and Backpacking Guide (Hiking & Biking)
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| Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park: A Hiking and Backpacking Guide (Hiking & Biking) |
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| Features the 14 sublime wilderness areas and one national park straddling the state's highest mountain ranges, containing wildflower-laden meadows, crystal-clear rushing streams and high alpine lakes. Includes information on the flora, fauna, geology, climate, and human history of the area. |
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| Review Date: July 26, 2004 |
| Reviewer: James J. Gibson, Ada, OK USA |
| Michael C. White's guide to the Nevada backcountry is absolutely excellent. Those looking for backcountry fishing opportunities will really appreciate the info provided in addition to the wealth of detailed insight White lends on backpacking routes. The topo map section is a huge plus! I have dozens of guide books on backpacking and this is one of the finest I have run across. Friends agree. |
Good, but limited
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| Review Date: February 7, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Eloi, Ely, NV USA |
The subtitle to this book should read "A TRAIL Hiking and TRAIL Backpacking Guide." If there's no official BLM, USFS, or Park Service trail to a peak, this book won't be much help. As an illustration, the section on the Charleston Peak Wilderness Area--probably the most visited in Nevada--includes a detailed description of the Mummy Spring TRAIL but nothing at all about what I found to be a well-marked use trail to the summit (the "Mummy's Tummy") of Mummy Mountain, probably the most geologically interesting of the area's peaks.
But that's more clarification than criticism. There is enough useful info, like Ranger Station phone numbers, relevant USGS topo map titles, and access mileages, to make the book worth having. Some of the mileages are off enough to confuse readers, and there are other inaccuracies (the appendix of the top 25 peaks in the state, for example--Why isn't 11,253' Mt. Silliman in the Rubies on this list?), but White's book is worth having along with John Hart's Hiking the Great Basin and the Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section's Peaks Guide.
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