Camping Hiking Backpacking

Ninety-one hikes from the La Luz Trail to the San Mateo and Peloncillo Mountains.

New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife.

Fifty-four hikes east of Phoenix.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

If you could trace the topography of the Teton and Washakie Wilderness Areas on a screen, the ups and downs would look like the pulse of one excited person. Deep drainages dissect rugged volcanic mountains; mesas, pinnacles, and buttes rise high above shaded forests; and lofty passes link valleys full of crystal-clear streams...

From Upper Sonoran desert canyons to sub alpine mountain peaks, New Mexico�s Gila Wilderness Area is a world of contrasts and diversity. Named a wilderness region by Congress in 1924, the Gila was the first place in the world to be so protected...

In 1950, after a fire raged through an area in south-central New Mexico, a small bear cub was found clinging to a pine tree. The cub had suffered severe burns, and the fire fighters who rescued him were amazed that he could have survived such intense heat...

Scattered throughout New Jersey and just over the borders of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York are a variety of cragging and bouldering areas worthy of any climber's tick list. From the steep, multipitch routes at the Delaware Water Gap to the excellent bouldering in New York City's Central Park; from the roofy routes at Ralph Stover State Park to the basalt boulder fields around Princeton and Sourland Mountain; from the boulders of the North Jersey Highlands to the clean granite slabs of Allamuchy State Park, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the best climbing New Jersey and the surrounding areas have to offer...

Backpacking and Hiking is an illustrated, practical guide to hiking at all levels, including organizing a hike or camping trip, hiking equipment and techniques, safety, and first aid. These lavishly illustrated handbooks cover everything you need to know on subjects ranging from classical music and hiking to learning how to golf or play the guitar.

New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife.

New Mexico is a unique blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures set in a landscape that varies from sparsely-populated deserts and plains to high, snow-capped peaks. The Gila Wilderness and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness, in the southwest part of the state, form the heart of the Gila National Forest and were designated as the nation's first wilderness area...

From Upper Sonoran desert canyons to sub alpine mountain peaks, New Mexico�s Gila Wilderness Area is a world of contrasts and diversity. Named a wilderness region by Congress in 1924, the Gila was the first place in the world to be so protected...