**IMPORTED FROM AS400**

KEY POINTS & INTENDED USE

Long regarded as the ultimate guide to the 63 best backpacking trips and

day-hikes in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Mt. Robson, Mt. Assiniboine,

Waterton, Kananaskis, and Akamina-Kishinena parks, Classic Hikes has been

completely revised. Detailed trailhead and route descriptions, and a colour map

for each hike help get you to the trailhead and keep you on route. The hike

descriptions are packed with comprehensive information on history, geology,

wildlife, wildflowers, and side-trip options. Colour photographs depict the

principal features. A wildflower guide, and tips on equipment, food, drinking

water, backcountry etiquette, minimum impact travel, hiking with children,

preparedness, and bear safety round out this indispensable resource. The new

edition includes five new hikes and a foreword by Robert Bateman.

CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN

Written by Graeme Pole

3rd edition (June 2011)

288 pages

ISBN-13: 978-0969724940

Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies