[.ca] Canadian Rockies Access Gde 4th Ed (ISBN 1551051761)

The Ultimate Hiking Guide for the Canadian Rockies:
This book is primarily a hiking guide. For that, it's tops. It covers all the hiking trails you need to know about in Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, Jasper (including the Icefields), Kananaskis, and Waterton National Parks. Includes excellent color photographs, basic maps, trail descriptions and for each hike a summary indicating the distance, time, rating (easy, moderate, difficult), maximum elevation, elevation gain, what footwear to have on, and the best season for the hike (i.e. May through October or July and Aug. only). This book is also good for the general tourist since many of the attractions in the national parks (waterfalls, hot springs, canyons) are a 5 to 15 minute "hike" from their respective parking lots, and these sights are all covered in this book. There are a few pages of general information on each national park in the front of each chapter and a decent "detailed guide to outdoor activities" in the back. I used this book for my trip last year to Banff and Jasper National Parks and loved it. This year I forgot the book at home. Distressed, my first stop when I got off the plane in Canada was to a bookstore where I bought another copy!

Great pictures and detailed info on trails:
This book has great pictures of the Canadian Rockies included with descriptions of hiking trails (so you can decide which ones you want to take). Good detailed information on access information (limited access trails, etc.) Not much on CR accomodations. Some general CR info also (best times to go, weather conditions, etc.)