High Peaks Trails Map Pack Paperback – September 1, 2012

Love carrying these in my pack on all of my ADK hikes. Don't refer to the map all that often anymore, but I love all the info in the guide book. Highly recommend.

There are three things I look for in a trail guide: How to get to trailhead, mileage of each section, and elevation gain. Everything else is just gravy but if those three things are not clear, all else does not make up for it. I wish the guide could have clear dependable and consistent info on elevation gain throughout, which it does not. And the mileages and elevation gains should all be posted in one place, at the end of each trail coverage. That's why I like the previous guides which were better organized in these regards. I do like the accompanying map which lists all the trails in the color of their trail markers. Even better would be the earlier map of decades ago in which the trails themselves were so colored.

I've just begun to read the book, so my review is based largely on a co-workers opinion. He has completed all 46 High Peaks and has done many of them several times. He has the 13th edition of this book, and has relied on it quite a bit while becoming a 46'er.He gives it good marks for accuracy with regard to the times and length of hikes. He also likes the view ratings. I prefer the map from the 13th edition for its size, it's smaller and easier to carry in a pocket during a hike. However the new map includes the unmarked herd paths, of which there are quite a few, so that's a plus. There is good info about camping and fire regulations in the high peaks region, as well as general hiking and safety edicate, which is helpful for those unfamiliar with them. Overall value for the dollar is worth it if you are thinking about becoming a 46'er or just hiking some of the more popular peaks.

Good written info; but limited maps - would be better to have a review with a map of hikes rather than having people refer to a different book

Great detailed book, used it to help plan hikes and best routes to take. Clear and understandable descriptions in a convenient resource.

I really wanted to like this book, because it seems like it should be exactly what I need - a hiking guide to the Adirondacks. And there is a fair bit of good content, but it's such hard work to get it out. And some content just isn't there, contradictory, incomplete or confusing. All of which is poor editing.- I don't expect this book to provide a full map, I understand that I need to buy that separately (which I did). But come on, at least provide some reasonable overview maps so that I can get a feel for which hike is happening where. There is one really poor map (in the book and on the back cover) that mostly shows some dark gray squares, which I had to figure out that those are the area covered by this guide as opposed to the area covered by other guides (the map doesn't explain the gray squares), and this map is in no way useful to orient you for the content of the book.- The introductory explanation of regulations is extremely confusing. Reference is made to some regulations applying somewhere and different ones elsewhere, but not explanation is given which of these areas is located where (again: an overview map would help!). The detail of the explanation of the regulations is like it's written by a really bad lawyer or civil servant - confusing, contradictory, incomplete (try to figure out if and where you're allowed to make a fire...).- The main course of the book, i.e. the guide to the hikes, is 90% extremely dense and boring description of the trails. I would have thought, that's what the map is for, but ok, fine. What's mostly missing is some proper guide information: which trails are nice, what's the attraction of a particular trail. Yes, some of that is hidden away in the trail description, but there's 250 pages of that - how about making it a bit more accessible?- It requires a huge amount of detective work to figure out where the trails are and where they start. All you get is a description referencing road numbers. So now for each trail I have to go onto Google maps to even just figure out where it starts? Why not show me on an overview map? Is it really too much to ask that I'd like to be able to see which trails are close to where I've booked my hotel?- Even dividing the trails up by sections in the book is confusing, because the book doesn't even explain which area of the High Peaks is located where.I don't know whether there are any other hiking guides for the Adirondacks on the market, but they're bound to be better than this. Really disappointing, this is by the Adirondack Mountain Club. I had expected a better effort.

This book and map pack was exactly what I needed to prepare myself for the near future challenge of becoming an Adirondack 46er. The book is very informative about the trails and gives you detailed description on how to get to the trail head and about the trail itself. The map has a huge template on the left side that takes up a lot of the map, so I'm hoping that doesn't hinder my reading abilities as I begin my journey to climb some high peaks! So excited! Have fun reading =)

This is the original National Geographic map... it can't be better!!!