Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone
"There are several very good guidebooks to the trails of Yellowstone. This one is great. It is the most accessible to the novice Yellowstone hiker, and the most useful for knowledgeable trekkers. – Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone Park, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Hold the EnlightenmentHike, Backpack, Horseback
Whatever you're looking for, there's a trail for you in Yellowstone and the Tetons. Make the most of a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks by exploring the absolute best trails that the parks have to offer. The latest in the Top Trails series covers the most exciting dayhikes and overnight/backcountry trips in these two popular parks, from the roaring geysers of Yellowstone to the singular mountain scenery of Grand Teton. Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks covers every corner of Yellowstone, including the Mammoth, Tower, Canyon, and Lake regions, and Old Faithful, plus Bechler and the Cascade Corner, as well as the premier trails throughout Grand Teton National Park.
Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks offer the ultimate in natural and geothermal wonders: untouched backcountry lakes, panoramic alpine summits. glacier-carved canyons, steaming geyser basins, and vast meadows teeming with charismatic wildlife.
With 45 "must-do" hikes from Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful, from the Absarokas to the Gallatin Range, and from Jackson Hole to the Teton Crest Trail, this is your guide.
Whether you’re a lucky year-round resident or a happy visitor for a day, week, or an entire season, in this guide you will find: "Don’t get lost" trail milestones, innovative trail-feature tables and elevation profiles, a detailed map of every trail and region, and detailed driving directions to every trailhead. Review From the Publisher Wilderness Press continues to publish comprehensive, accurate, and readable outdoor books. Hikers, backpackers, kayakers, skiers, snowshoers, climbers, cyclists, and trail runners rely on Wilderness Press for accurate outdoor adventure information. In its Top Trails series, Wilderness Press has paid special attention to organization so that you can find the perfect hike each and every time. Whether you’re looking for a steep trail to test yourself on or a walk in the park, a romantic waterfall or a city view, Top Trails will lead you there. Each Top Trails guide contains trails for everyone. The trails selected provide a sampling of the best that the region has to offer. These are the "must-do" hikes, walks, runs and bike rides, with every feature of the area represented. Every book in the Top Trails series offers: All books in the affordable and easy-to-use Top Trails series feature elevation profiles, detailed maps, driving directions, and "don’t get lost" trail milestones. Innovative trail-feature charts give at-a-glance information on which trails are child-friendly, which allow horses, where to catch a glimpse of bison, elk, or a grizzly, where to see wildflowers and autumn colors, which trips have the best photo opportunities, and which have camping opportunities. Each park receives more than 3 million visitors annually. From the Author Between May 2002 and October 2004, I hiked every trail included in this book at least once. In many cases, I rehiked my favorite trails in both parks during several different seasons. A good book but not so helpful Fanastic, easy to get away from the crowds with this info An excellent guidebook!Product Details
Editorial Reviews
"A guidebook with a lot of moxie...Nystrom has done a splendid job of researching and writing about the trails." -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook
"In addition to the book's smart design, introductory charts help you identify suitable trails. -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook
"Nystrom does a thorough job of packaging information between the front and back covers of the book." – Kurt Repanshek -- National Parks Traveler Weblog, August 18, 2006
"Nystrom serves up an accessible guide to best day hikes and overnight backcountry trips in Yellowstone and the Teton Range." -- Longitude Books - longitudebooks.com
"The National Outdoor Book Awards winner breaks new ground...lets all calibers of hikers size up trails at a glance." -- The Oregonian, February 12, 2006 - The ARMCHAIR TRAVELER by Terry Richard
"There are several very good guidebooks to the trails of Yellowstone. This one is great." – Tim Cahill -- – Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone Park, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Hold the Enlightenment
"Top Trails are top notched guidebooks...exceedingly well organized...the maps are uncluttered and easy to use." -- Winner 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards: Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook
Nystrom's Lonely Planet Yellowstone and Grand Teton guidebook: "A lively, well-written, comprehensive guide to the best place on earth...." -- Tim Cahill, author of Hold the Enlightenment and founding editor of Outside magazine
When Wilderness Press published Sierra North in 1967, no other trail guide like it existed for the Sierra backcountry. The first run of 2800 copies sold out in less than two months and its success heralded the beginning of Wilderness Press. In the past 35 years, we have expanded our territories to cover California, Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, New England, Canada, and Baja California.
• Maps and permit details
• Easy-to-follow trail notes
• Distances and approximate times
• Ratings and rankings for each trail
• The Wilderness Press commitment to accuracy and reliability
During the summer of 2002, I had the privilege of living inside Yellowstone National Park while working for the Yellowstone Center for Resources in Mammoth Hot Springs. While collecting baseline scientific data for the ongoing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database project focused on mapping the park’s microbial diversity, I surveyed several well-known frontcountry and seldom-seen backcountry thermal areas.
Customer Reviews
This book is good but with other map books and gps map details it was not needed.
We took a one week trip to Yellowstone at the end of July. This book was invaluable. The hikes are ranked from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) making it simple for us to figure out what the four kids could handle. By taking trails rated over "2" we saw almost nobody else on the trails for most hikes. It seems that a vast majority of visitors to Yellowstone do not actually want to hike and having this book made it easy for us to have an uncrowded, pleasant experience. Very detailed, easy to find trail heads from the descriptions. Highly recommend this book, it made our experience fantastic. We also bought "Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park" which offers more info on the actual park. Together these books covered everything we needed to know.
"Top Trails" for Yellowstone and Grand Teton is extremely well-organized and eary to use. We had limited time in the parks and needed to quickly assess how to make the best use of our time, hiking limitations, etc. The first few pages offer an excellent overview of how long and how difficult each trail is, what you're likely to see (from geology to wildlife, panoramic views, etc). Then it gives you a reference page number, where you can get more detail on the trail, best time of day/year to do it, pros and cons, etc, etc. I can't vouch for the longer hikes, as we stuck to those under 2 miles, but it was quite accurate, easy to use, and a valuable asset.
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