Best Easy Day Hikes
Yosemite National Park
A Falcon Guide

This trail guide book is a little gem.  It features 24 trails scattered in 5 park locations: Yosemite Valley, Wawona Road Trails, Glacier Point Road Trails, Tioga Road Trails and Tuolumne Meadows Trails.  Trail descriptions are concise and  interesting. They provide the reader with some history and relevant information that enrich the hiking experience.

This book does a nice job in selecting the best trails for its intended audience. It is a good choice for those who don't have the time to spend hours on the trail (many are around a half mile,  others 2 or 3, and one is 5 miles in length).  

Best Easy Day Hikes - Yosemite National Park brings you to some beautiful scenery.  However, it is limited, again due to its target audience.  If you have the time and energy to spend half or full days on the trail then I recommend that you consider the excellent book below Yosemite Top Trails.  Or buy the DVD Trail Guide.  It covers the best trails in Yosemite,  ranging from easy to very strenuous.

Best Easy Day Hikes is 4 1/4" x 7" and has 80 pages, so it fits easily in a daypack or even in a pocket.  

Who this book is for.  This book is for day hikers that either can't or don't want to spend more than a few hours on the trail at a time, but who want to get the most out of their hiking time.

Wilderness Press

By Rick Deutsch

Of all the hiking adventures in Yosemite National Park, probably the single most compelling to visitors from all over the world is the hike to the summit of Half Dome, the 8,842-foot granite rock that stands as the Park's signature landmark. For many, it's a much anticipated once-in-a-lifetime achievement. The most popular route to Half Dome's summit is a grueling 16-mile round-trip day trek with 10,800 feet in elevation gain and loss. Although the hike is non-technical, with hikers climbing fixed cables up the granite side of the rock, many would-be hikers are hesitant about this potentially risky trip. How fit should you be? What preparations do you need beforehand? What should you bring? How should you pace yourself during the day? An estimated 50,000 people attempt the Half-Dome hike each year with up to 800 per day during peak season.

Essential Trail Notes
Yosemite Hiking DVD Companion Booklet

(DVD and Booklet sold separately)

This is the companion booklet to our DVD Hiking Guide - Yosemite National Park The DVD is earning praises by trail hounds and armchair travelers alike - go here for DVD reviews, and here for more about the booklet.  The booklet has; 39 pages, elevation profiles, 51  pictures (scenics, flora and tricky trail junctions) plus a color hand-drawn map of Yosemite Valley's hiking trails featured in the DVD.  It includes the necessary trail information provided in the DVD, as well as contact information for camping and backpacking, dining suggestions while in the Yosemite National Park, shuttle use,  etc.

Adding the booklet to your purchase of the DVD makes for a more complete Yosemite trail guide.  Relax and watch the DVD, knowing that all the information that you need to remember is in the booklet. 

It is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2 "

Only $3.95  (Companion DVD sold separately)

Contact Information:
Jon Shannon  P.O. Box 426
Mokelumne Hill, CA  95245
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