50 Best Short Hikes in Utah's National Parks

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

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• Popular, proven format: the previous edition (9780899977249) sold nearly 20,000 copies
• Market: More than 10.5 million people visited the five national parks in 2019
• New edition, now with full-color photos, trail maps, and overview maps
• 50 of the most rewarding hikes in national parks known for their stellar hiking
• Hikes divided by park: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion
• Trails ranging from 1 to 8 miles in lengthhike for an afternoon or plan an entire week
• Essential details like distance, elevation range, facilities, and GPS coordinates
• Recommendations for top hikes by category, such as best views and best for small children
• Information on the parks plants, animals, and geology
• The books format allows readers to easily scan and choose hikes that meet their interests
• Utah author with a lifetime of outdoor-adventure experience

Author Bio

Greg Witt has lived the adventures he writes about and shares with audiences around the world. His journeys have taken him to every corner of the globe. He has guided mountaineering expeditions in the Alps and Andes and paddled wild rivers in the Americas. He has dropped teams of adventurers into golden slot canyons, trudged through deep jungles in Africa, Central America, and Asia, and guided archeological expeditions across the parched Arabian Peninsula. His passion for adventure has always focused on sharing his experience with others. Greg is the founder and Chief Adventure Officer of Alpenwild, the leading operator of hiking and trekking tours in the Swiss Alps. Some weeks, Greg hikes more miles than he drives, which means he wears out his boots faster than he wears out his tires. He has crossed the Grand Canyon on foot many times, climbed Colorados three highest peaks in three days, and in a recent summer in the Alps he hiked over 700 miles and gained nearly 100,000 vertical feet of elevationthe equivalent of climbing Everest 9 times. Now he leads readers on the most breathtaking hikes and exciting outdoor adventures on the globe. He comes ready to discuss the geology, history, archaeology, weather patterns, culture, flora, and fauna of the exciting locales he loves. Other titles include 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City and Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel. He is the US Editor of Off the Tourist Trail: 1000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives and a contributing editor of Make the Most of Your Time on Earth: A Rough Guide to the World. He lives in Provo, Utah.