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Summary: Hiking and Area Guide
Review: ?¥¬ Lake Powell 2-5 times per year and keep our boat there. We live in Littleton. I have used the book for a number of years. It is accurate and consequently useful to someone who wants information for on the ground activities or historical significance. It gives an idea of shore conditions for camping which is helpful in new areas. We use it to explore and plan hiking trips. We do enjoy hiking. Its the most comprehesive book out there on Lake Powell and we have a number of Lake Powell Books. If you want somthing very simple for lake exploration then go with the Stan Jone map. It to is an excellent tool.
Rating:
Summary: Hiking and Area Guide
Review: ?¥¬ Lake Powell 2-5 times per year and keep our boat there. We live in Littleton. I have used the book for a number of years. It is accurate and consequently useful to someone who wants information for on the ground activities or historical significance. It gives an idea of shore conditions for camping which is helpful in new areas. We use it to explore and plan hiking trips. We do enjoy hiking. Its the most comprehesive book out there on Lake Powell and we have a number of Lake Powell Books. If you want somthing very simple for lake exploration then go with the Stan Jone map. It to is an excellent tool.
Rating:
Summary: Hiking and Area Guide
Review: ?¥¬ Lake Powell 2-5 times per year and keep our boat there. We live in Littleton. I have used the book for a number of years. It is accurate and consequently useful to someone who wants information for on the ground activities or historical significance. It gives an idea of shore conditions for camping which is helpful in new areas. We use it to explore and plan hiking trips. We do enjoy hiking. Its the most comprehesive book out there on Lake Powell and we have a number of Lake Powell Books. If you want somthing very simple for lake exploration then go with the Stan Jone map. It to is an excellent tool.
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Summary: Excellent Reference Book
Review: From what I can tell, Kelsey appears to be the foremost authority on Lake Powell and the surrounding area. I can't see how you could get more information out of another book. That being said, it isn't the kind of book you read cover to cover for sheer enjoyment of reading and learning. Think of it as a user manual for the lake and you will be on the right track. There are a lot of pictures (in black and white) and a lot of very detailed maps and informative graphs. To use this book, I would suggest that you plan your trip and then consult the book to see what it says about that area. If there is ANYTHING of interest to be seen there, it will tell you where and what it is. It is divided into the following parts:
I - Condensed history of the lake area (19 pages) - very fact filled (survey like).
II - The marinas on Lake Powell and other possible launch sites along with weather and climate for each season, a word about hiking season and equipment, photography and film type, insects and pest, drinking water, and places to camp and their fees.
III - Geology, the types of stone seen in the colorful strata and suggested maps for the area. Then it launches into sites of interest in the area and gives good maps (quite technical) of each. There are 34 of these and may well cover all of the canyons and hikes on the lake. If you want to get the most out of your trip, I would highly recommend this book. If you were wanting to just read about the history of the area, it will be about as much fun as reading the dictionary.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Reference Book
Review: From what I can tell, Kelsey appears to be the foremost authority on Lake Powell and the surrounding area. I can't see how you could get more information out of another book. That being said, it isn't the kind of book you read cover to cover for sheer enjoyment of reading and learning. Think of it as a user manual for the lake and you will be on the right track. There are a lot of pictures (in black and white) and a lot of very detailed maps and informative graphs. To use this book, I would suggest that you plan your trip and then consult the book to see what it says about that area. If there is ANYTHING of interest to be seen there, it will tell you where and what it is. It is divided into the following parts:
I - Condensed history of the lake area (19 pages) - very fact filled (survey like).
II - The marinas on Lake Powell and other possible launch sites along with weather and climate for each season, a word about hiking season and equipment, photography and film type, insects and pest, drinking water, and places to camp and their fees.
III - Geology, the types of stone seen in the colorful strata and suggested maps for the area. Then it launches into sites of interest in the area and gives good maps (quite technical) of each. There are 34 of these and may well cover all of the canyons and hikes on the lake. If you want to get the most out of your trip, I would highly recommend this book. If you were wanting to just read about the history of the area, it will be about as much fun as reading the dictionary.
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Summary: Good hiker's guide to the canyons around Lake Powell
Review: I used this book to plan a 4-day boating/hiking trip to the reservoir. Lake Powell's huge, with hundreds of canyons. Using Kelsey's maps and descriptions i was able to arrive at a list of specific destinations, and i had a great time. The book contains a lot of interesting local history too. Great literature it is not, but... so?
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Summary: Best for heavy-duty hikers
Review: I wanted a houseboating guide to Lake Powell. Although this book is full of detail about every inch of the lake, it is absolutely NOT user-friendly. The print is minute and the writing is atrocious. All of the maps are small and cluttered, and look as if they were done on somebody's home PC. All of the references are metric, which makes it extremely tedious to decipher. Although there is a metric conversion table at the begining, it was very frustrating to have to keep refering back to it. If you are looking for a basic, easy to follow guide, this is not the book for you! If I had picked it up in a book store and thumbed through it, I never would have bought it.
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Summary: Not what I was looking for!
Review: I wanted a houseboating guide to Lake Powell. Although this book is full of detail about every inch of the lake, it is absolutely NOT user-friendly. The print is minute and the writing is atrocious. All of the maps are small and cluttered, and look as if they were done on somebody's home PC. All of the references are metric, which makes it extremely tedious to decipher. Although there is a metric conversion table at the begining, it was very frustrating to have to keep refering back to it. If you are looking for a basic, easy to follow guide, this is not the book for you! If I had picked it up in a book store and thumbed through it, I never would have bought it.
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Summary: poorly researched and titled
Review: Mr, Kelsey apparently made a rush trip to Lake Powell to write this book, which is poorly researched and titled. It does not have much to do with boating on Lake Powell as it has to do with hiking into and out of the canyons surrounding Lake Powell. Mr Kelsey's blatent disrespect for the archeological sites that are unsecured is going to cause the loss of some of the treasures of the area, one's that will never be gotten back. His advice to visit them regardless of the fact that the National Park Service has asked for the sites protection to please not publisize or visit so as they may be preserved and cataloged is extremely disrespectful, on a number of levels. Poorly printed and photographed, unless you like seeing every "foto" in the book being one of Mr Kelsey. Overall a waste of money.
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Summary: Excellent Book on total reach of Lake Powell, much research.
Review: Of the books I have read it is the most helpful. It gives descriptions on boating, hiking, fishing, camping, artifacts and geology. I wish the photograph had been in color and not black and white, but it keeps the cost down. Includes cross-sections of the canyons and tributaries. It helped us plan our trip on what to see.
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