Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)

I bought this book to enjoy the Sequoia National Park. I'm a 63 yrs old Male with an artificial knee and hip. I've used this book on 2 hikes so far. The first one was listed as "Easy", I would class it as moderately difficult. Yesterday we tried this book that was listed as "Easy". I would class this hike as Difficult. I'm of average fitness. I don't know what level of fitness the author expects a person to be have. You should carefully the difficulty of the hike you are going on. This book is Very misleading as to the difficulty of the hikes. I saw many people struggling on the hike yesterday, and they were more than 30 years younger than me. It is well written and printed, but the difficulty of the hikes are Very Misleading!I'm adding an additional review. My fiancee convinced me to go on a 3rd hike using this book. Amazon will Not allow me to give No Stars! We attempted to go on the "Roaring River Falls to Zumwalt Meadow" Hike. Using the directions in this book exactly it is impossible to find the Zumwalt Meadow trailhead. We spent 20 minutes we could find the trail head. It says go .01 mile, then backtrack .02 mile to the Zumwalt trail. From the parking lot that lead us to think that we should go .01 mile opposite of Roaring River (.01- .02) , we couldn't find a trail a trail crossing the road. We walked down the road looking for a trail. We walked about .05 mile down the road looking for a trail. I looked to the South side of the road. I finally saw a trail. We walked over to a trail, and after about 50 yards I discovered that there was a downed tree that I wasn't comfortable climbing over ( I realize that this is not Laurel Scheidt's fault). Because of a thunderstorm we walked back toward Roaring River Falls. When we got there I realized that the Zumwalt was about 200 Feet from Roaring River Falls not .02 mile. We were getting wet so we walked back to the parking lot.I would sell this book for $ .50, but I don't want to be the reason that the buyer gets lost!

Easy to follow guide for some of the more straightforward hikes in Sequoia & Kings Canyon - would highly recommend

small booklet so easy and light to carry while hiking. Helped us determine the area and which hikes we wanted to take depending on our time and energy level any particular day.

I normally would not review a book that already has eight extended commentaries which cover every positive and negative aspect of the author's text, but there is apparently some confusion among either reviewers, Amazon editors, or both as to which book is actually under review. Laurel Scheidt is the author of two books on hiking in Sequoia and Kings Canyon. The first is a comprehensive hiking guide to the parks and the second is a guide to short day hikes in the region. For whatever reason, all the reviews posted for the latter, 'Best Easy Day Hikes: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' are actually of the larger comprehensive work. I'm not sure why this occured, but the result is a misleading impression of what 'Best Easy Dayhikes' is all about. (Hopefully my review of 'Dayhikes' will not also be posted under the 'Hiking Sequoia' title as well.) This little book does not talk about the ascent of Mt. Whitney (thank goodness), is not a comprehensive guide to the parks, and the controversy about maps and backpacking routes is simply not applicable to this book at all.Best Easy Day Hikes lists several hikes in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and the nearby Jennie Lakes Wilderness that are under 6 miles, relatively level (they have less than 2000 feet of elevation gain--there are very few truly "level" hikes in these parks) and are readily accessible to families with children and those who, like myself, are no longer as fit as they once were. Mileage, elevation data, directions to the trailhead, and short sketch maps are for the most part adequate.Scheidt includes several classic walks in the park: The Congress Trail, General Grant Tree Loop, Mist Falls, and Cresent Meadow. These are all "must do" hikes if you only have a day or so in the parks as happens all too often with our hectic schedules. Other trails listed are a little less well traveled so hikers can find some semblance of solitude in this sometimes hectic portion of the Sierras. The trip to Weaver Lake falls into this category.This book merits 3 stars for doing what it sets out to do reasonably well. It lists a number of nice short hikes in various parts of the park. I would like to see a little more natural and local history to give it a higher rating. I would also note that this book is hardly exhaustive of all the truly easy and scenic day hikes in the region. As several reviewers (of the other book) including the author have noted, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and in mine the author has left out too many nice hikes (the Manzanita and Azalea loop in Grant Grove and Buena Vista Peak above Redwood Canyon) to give the book a 5 star rating. Still, unless or until Steve Sorenson's guides are updated, this is the best guide to day hikes in the parks currently in print.

I saw this book being written in it's infancy stage and knew I would become addicted to hiking even though I was a beginner the book was clear and concise and gave me the confidence that I sorely needed.I look forward to more books

good info and size

J'avais déjà acheté le guide des randonnées autour de Bend en Oregon. J'avais apprécié le format, la clarté des informations et des cartes. J'ai retrouvé ses mêmes qualités dans ce guide. Parfait pour programmer des randonnées avant voyage et tout aussi parfait pour les réaliser.