Wyoming boasts countless outstanding backcountry destinations. While some of these attractions are world famous, many are virtually unknown even to the savviest locals. Award-winning author Douglas Lorain details both famous and hidden treasures in his picks of Wyoming's 28 most enjoyable backpack trips. Lasting from three days to two weeks, these carefully chosen itineraries offer the hiker mountain scenery, magnificent wildlife, colorful geologic marvels, and reasonable daily mileage goals. This in-depth guide reveals the best trips in and around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the Beartooth and Bighorn Mountains, the Absaroka and Snowy Ranges, the Wind River Range, and such treasures as the Wyoming, Gros Ventre, Bear Lodge, and Salt River Mountains. Each of the trips rates scenery, solitude, and difficulty; specifies mileage, elevation gain, days on the trail, and shuttle distance; and notes special attractions, required permits, and challenges. A detailed map and photographs accompany each trip. Everything the backcountry adventurer needs for a "trip of a lifetime."
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B&W photos throughout, Maps throughout
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Höhe: 226 mm
Breite: 151 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-0-89997-505-4 (9780899975054)
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Douglas Lorain's family moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1969,and he has been obsessively hitting the trails of his home region ever since. Over the years he calculates that he has logged well over 30,000 trail miles in this corner of the continent, and despite a history that includes being bitten by a rattlesnake, shot at by a hunter, charged by a grizzly bear, and donating countless gallons of blood to "invertebrate vampires," he happily sees no end in sight. Lorain is a photographer and recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award. His books cover only the best trips from the thousands of hikes and backpacking trips he has taken throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. His photographs have been featured in numerous magazines, calendars, and books.He is described by the Seattle Times as the "next great Northwest trail guide author."
Summary of Featured Trips
Preface
Introduction
Featured Trips
Bighorn Pass & Sportsman Lake Loop
Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River
Lamar River to Hoodoo Basin
Shoshone Lake Loop
Beartooth Plateau Loop
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River Canyon
Emerald Lake
Greybull River & Burwell Pass Loop
Heart Lake & Two Ocean Plateau Loop
Bitch Creek Loop
Teton Wilderness Loop
Grand Teton Loop
Granite Creek & Granite Highline Loop
Brewster Lake & Gros Ventre River Loop
Green River Lakes & Titcomb Basin Loop
Central Wind Rivers Loop
Lonesome & Baptiste Lakes Loop
Glacier Trail
Dickinson Park & Bears Ears Trail Loop
Stough Lakes & Middle Popo Agie River Loop
Little Greys River Loop
North Piney Creek Loop
Mount Fitzpatrick Loop
North Bighorn Mountains Loop
South Bighorn Mountains Loop
Sundance to Ogden Creek Loop
Encampment River Trail
Snowy Range High Lakes Loop
Pelican Valley & Wapiti Lake Loop
Crandall Creek & Papoose Ridge Loop
Eagle Creek to Eagle Pass
Ishawooa Creek & Deer Creek Pass Loop
Moose Creek & Owl Creek Loop
Mount Leidy Highlands
Wind River Highline Trail
Lake Alice & Fontenelle Mountain Loop
Circle Park Loop
