Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide |  | Author: Mike Coltrin
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Category: Book
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Media: Spiral-bound
Pages: 201
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0826336612
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.8950454
EAN: 9780826336613
ASIN: 0826336612
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Product Description
The most complete and up-to-date resource for Sandia Mountain hikers, this guide presents information on fifty-seven trails covering a total distance of about 175 miles. Each trail entry begins with the length of the trail, the elevation gain, and degree of difficulty. The author, who has hiked each trail many times, gives directions to the trailhead and descriptions of trail terrain, scenic viewpoints, vegetation, and neighboring trails for making nice loop hikes. Also included are GPS readings to help high-tech hikers locate landmarks and points of interest via latitude and longitude information. The book contains twenty-five contour maps covering the trails in different sections of the Sandias and a separate large, full-color map of the mountain (also sold separately) printed on water-resistant paper. The hiking trails of the Sandias are among the great recreational assets of life in north-central New Mexico, yet many hikers are familiar with only one particular trail, La Luz, which is one of the mountain's more challenging and crowded routes. This book will encourage novices and veterans alike to get out and experience the many other inviting trails to be explored in the Sandia Mountains.
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 A fantastic resource! November 26, 2004
Jeff Tsao (Albuquerque, NM USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a fantastic resource. I have watched the author over the years put this guide together with painstaking precision, love and care. The full-scale map alone is worth the price of the entire book!
If You Only Buy One Sandia Hiking Guide This Is The One September 3, 2008
VietNam Vet 1967-68
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this book all the time. The descriptions are accurate and Coltrin provides all the GPS waypoints you will need to safely navigate. This is the only book you need.
A Must-Have if You Hike the Sandias June 28, 2009
Lisa Tannenbaum (Albuquerque, NM USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great guide -- it has gotten me to many trailheads, and given me a pretty good idea of what to expect once I get on the trail. The info about trail length and elevation gain alone are worth the price of the guide. But then again, so was the description of the Del Agua Overlook in the fall -- wow! I would never have known, would never have seen it, but for this book.
There's just one caveat: I hike the Sandias quite a bit but am definitely not Search & Rescue team material. I'm pleased that, at age 50, I can still make it up La Luz (as long as I take the Tram down). I find that I have to translate all of the author's descriptions as to the ease or difficulty of a given trail. If he says it's easy, it'll be a nice hike for me; if he says it's moderate, it's going to be pretty tough. (Case in point: Cienega Trail, which he rates as moderate. It was like being on a stair-stepper for giants most of the way.) If he says it's difficult, I almost certainly won't be able to do the whole trail the first time -- or maybe ever. I can only guess that he's very, very fit, with the footing of a mountain goat.
Nonetheless, if you live around Albuquerque and like to hike, get this book -- it's an invaluable guide.
what they said November 7, 2005
loop da loop (Albuquerque, NM USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
now, just because we all know Mike doesn't mean these reviews are baised. This is an excellent book and it's easy to use. I would reccommend this book to anyone in Albuquerque that wants a beautiful hike, but doesn't know where to go. It is true that there are a lot more trails than just La Luz.
This is such an awsome guide August 27, 2005
E. Jones
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I must say this i probably one of the best guides for the sandia mountains in a long time. knowing the author myself i can tell you he definitely knows what he is talking about when it comes to the sandia moutains. it says it took him twenty or so years to hike them all, well before he wrote the book he decided to hike them again and it took him 3 months. Now thats detication.
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