CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL - BOOKS
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Recommended for
leisure reading....
Where
the Waters Divide: A 3,000-Mile Trek On The CDT
Renown
thru-hiker and frequent contributor to Backpacker Magazine Karen Berger writes
about her 3,000 mile trek on the Continental Divide Trail
Recommended
if you want to learn more about sections of the C.D.T ....
New
Mexico's Continental Divide Trail
The landscape of New Mexico inspires a sense of
peace, awe, and grandeur unlike any other state--and it contains some of the
country's most remote and unexplored natural areas. For day hikers, campers, or
backpackers planning a long trek, this guide is absolutely essential for
charting your way through this rugged and dramatic landscape. Well-known writer
Bob Julyan's precise and entertaining prose, combined with Tom Till's
extraordinary photographs, lead the reader through hundreds of miles of
breathtaking scenery.
Colorado's Continental Divide Trail
Written by M. John Fayhee and
photography by John Fielder, Westcliffe Publishers. 12 x 10 hardcover. Stunning
coffee-table book featuring renowned photographer John Fielder photographs of
the sublime beauty of the CDT in Colorado with insightful and humorous
narratives.
Wyoming's
Continental Divide Trail
The
600 miles of the Wyoming Continental Divide Trail passes through some of the
most breathtaking scenery
in the state. This guidebook offers comprehensive and essential information for
hiking the Wyoming portion of the Continental Divide Trail. Lora Davis'
entertaining and evocative
text, along with Scott Smith's creative and pristine photographs, provide the
reader with an account of the adventures awaiting the wilderness explorer. For
day hikers, overnight campers, or backpackers, this book is essential for anyone
who wishes to experience the vast, complex trail that winds through Wyoming's
remote and stunning landscape.
Montana
& Idaho's Continental Divide Trail
This book picks up the Continental
Di
vide Trail in Idaho at the western border of Yellowstone National Park and
takes the reader some 900 miles all the way to the Canadian border. From the Beaverhead Mountains in the Bitterroot Range to the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall
Wilderness, Idaho and Montana's most spectacular and remote wild lands fill page
after page in a book that fits into your backpack or makes for great reading
anytime. You'll have no better companion than the lively and humorous voice of
Lynna Howard and the dramatic, breathtaking photography of Leland Howard.
Aspects of history, wildlife, geology, and biology are explained along the way.
For day hikes, destination hikes, or longer treks for the avid backpacker, this
book is a must. "This trail is rougher and more challenging than the Pacific
Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail," Lynna writes. "A spirit of adventure is
the best thing you can pack!"
