Utah Thirteeners Paperback – Illustrated, March 22, 2004

I bought this book in preparation for my four-day backpacking trip in the Uintah mountains with a friend. It was super useful in helping me plan out our trip and in deciding which peaks to climb and which trails to take. The trail descriptions by the author are also very detailed and useful for getting a little preview of the difficulty. Although I had my own USGS map, I also took copies of the trail maps from the book, and they were very helpful on the trail, in fact I used them more than I used my USGS map. We took the Swift Creek trail, and we ended up hiking to the top of Ramp Peak, which is just above 13,000 feet. It was a fantastic trip, and this book really made it better.

We've used this book several times for hiking in the Uintas, and love the amount of detail in the descriptions. It lets us plan our trips and know exactly where to go during our hikes.

Disappointed. Perhaps my own fault. I wanted a fairly short description of each hike/trail to get an understanding of the conditions, length and challenges. This book gives quite opposite: Too much information that it's hard to get an overall picture - Lost in details!For me a good hiking guide contains the most important and vital information structured and presented in a good way. Unfortunately this book doesn’t give that.

Informative book and fast delivery

Excellent book! The route descriptions are thorough and, from my experience so far, accurate in terms helping you find trailheads and ultimately the summits. The maps are likewise very detailed, with major landmarks and junctions carefully labelled. The routes in this book are kind of described in a "choose your own adventure format" (ie, at so-and-so juncture move on to the route description on so-and-so page) which is a little confusing for dummies like me. Overall though an excellent book and a great buy!