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edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
category: Travel
published: Feb 2011
ISBN:9781897522707
publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books

Popular Day Hikes 2

Canadian Rockies

by Tony Daffern

tagged: western provinces
Description

Popular Day Hikes is a series of guidebooks written for visitors and locals alike who want to hike scenic trails from well-established trailheads. These factual, attractive guides feature detailed yet easy to read maps and colour photographs to whet a hiker’s appetite.

Popular Day Hikes 2: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the world’s most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Covering easy short-day walks, more strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble, this companion volume to Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country, by Gillean Daffern, contains something for everyone—individuals, groups and families.

Each hike includes:

  • round-trip distances
  • difficulty ratings
  • seasonal information
  • detailed directions to trailheads
  • trail commentary
  • colour maps & photographs
About the Author

Tony Daffern is a seasoned climber, hiker and ski mountaineer with close to 50 years of experience on various mountain ranges throughout the world. A civil engineer by training, he is the author of the bestselling guidebook Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies – Revised and Updated and Backcountry Avalanche Safety – 4th Edition. Tony is the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Books, and along with his wife, Gillean Daffern, he was awarded the Banff Mountain Festival’s Summit of Excellence Award in 2006. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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