50 Hikes in the Maine Mountains: Day Hikes and Backpacks in the Fabled Northern Peaks and Lake Country (Fifty Hikes Series)

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Summary: hike with a really knowledgeable friend
Review: Cloe wasn't always chunn, but she is still the best guide writer. Her knowledge of geology is especially helpful. Along with historical anecdotes, flora and fauna and well scripted trail detail, cloe's love of the maine woods shines through every page. Her book(s) are like our bible when we hike in Baxter Park and other Maine locales.

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Summary: incomplete trail description very frustrating
Review: Just came back from hiking Tumbledown Mt. using the description in the book...What Cloe doesn't tell you is that Loop climbs through boulders to an apparent dead end where you can either do a vertical climb up a rock face (to a ledge which dead ends) or traverse a face up underneath a huge overhanging boulder which has water running out of it...if you try the latter you'll find rungs leading through to the continuation of the trail. But none of this was in the book. We lost about 20 minutes & had to do some fairly technical unprotected climbing before we realized where the trail went. This kind of information is why I would buy a trail guide...as it was, we ended up in a frustrating and potentially dangerous situation b/c of the inadequate description in this book.

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Summary: Great book, time for an update?
Review: This book is fantastic and has led me to a number of great hikes right outside my door. With the changing nature of the forest and continued harvesting, it is probably time for a new edition, a few of the trails don't exist quite like they once did.

Rating:
Summary: Great book, time for an update?
Review: This book is fantastic and has led me to a number of great hikes right outside my door. With the changing nature of the forest and continued harvesting, it is probably time for a new edition, a few of the trails don't exist quite like they once did.