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| 100 Hikes in New Mexico (100 Hikes in) 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Craig Martin
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 61714
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 269
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0898867908
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.890454
EAN: 9780898867909
ASIN: 0898867908
Publication Date: February 2002
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Useful for last minute planning October 21, 2008
More up-to-date than most of the 'Falcon Guides' for New Mexico. Gives adequate detail for most 'day-hikes'. Really not for the backpacker/ overnighter.
 100 Hikes in nEw Mexico November 12, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Exactly what I hoped for, fact-filled and objectively informational. Highly recommended for anyone hiking New Mexico.
 Needs fewer hikes, more details March 1, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I like the book, but I think in an attempt to get all 100 hikes in one book that too many details were left out. It doesn't look easy to find the trails for a new comer to NM and a little more detail on how to reach the trail heads would be appreciated.
Great Reference September 7, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good book to keep in your car for those impromtu hiking opportunities. Good maps and directions to trail heads. Descriptions are pretty accurate.
Good and Adequate; Not Great June 8, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Just traveled to NM for a week, and this book had many things you look for in a hiking book: trail accuracy, good driving directions, and a variety of expertise levels. If you want to know the most popular trails in NM, this is the best book I could find.
Now, the reason I didn't give it five stars. I've read many hiking books, so I know what it takes to get from good to great. One problem I had with this book is that many of the trails are focused near urban areas and are the more obvious (and crowded) trails. I'd like to see more variety in some of the wilderness areas (particularly between Taos and Santa Fe on the High Road). The book also could provide more tips on camping areas, but it seems like that's been separated into a different book. I'd like to see a better map of where the trails are in the state. The scaling of the state map is way too small for a state like NM. Finally, the book sometimes takes a trail system and breaks it out into its component trails, treating each trail as if it were its own discreet area. An overview of the major hiking areas would be nice as well (for instance, in the Pecos, where no general orientation is given).
Like I said, this was the best book out there. But being the best doesn't make it excellent.
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