Yosemite National Park Books - Hiking & Trail  

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.

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Top Trails Yosemite
 Must Do Hikes for Everyone

By Jeffrey P. Schaffer

This excellent guidebook hand-selects Yosemite's best 45 trails, ranging from the very easy (1/2 mile round-trip to Bridalveil Fall) to the very strenuous (Half Dome). The first 16 pages cover Yosemite flora, fauna, geography and geology; camping & permits information, trail selection, etc. Then come the trails. Trail descriptions are organized by park location: Northeast Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, Central Yosemite, Northwest Yosemite, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Valley's South Rim and South Yosemite. 

Even if you are planning on hiking only in/from the Valley this book can be an excellent choice. Yosemite's best trails are not discussed in Best Easy Day Hikes because Yosemite's best hikes are not easy. Half Dome, Clouds Rest, the Panorama & 4 Mile Trails are incredible hikes that should not be missed by those in condition to do them, and they are covered in ths book, but not in Easy Day Hikes. (Our DVD Hiking Guide to Yosemite also covers these trails, as well as all of the Yosemite Valley trails in this book, and more.)

Mr. Schaffer has an inquisitive mind and a deep love for Yosemite. This has led him to an intimate knowledge of not just Yosemite's many trails, but also of the many environmental forces behind the forming of Yosemite and ties it together. A great read.

Who this book is for. Day hikers or backpackers in good physical condition willing to exert themselves to see some of the world's greatest scenery.(Interested in seeing these trails? Please consider our DVD Hiking Guide.)

 

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)

 
Who this booklet is for. Those who have the DVD Hiking Guide - Yosemite National Park and who want to have pertinent trail information with them while they hike.(the DVD covers all of the Yosemite Valley trails featured in the the Yosemite Must Do Hikes book, and more.
 
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