Après avoir parcouru plus de 20 000 km sur les routes et les chemins de traverse du Vermont, du New Hampshire et d'Upstate New York, la journaliste Marie-France Bornais vous propose un portrait bien vivant et documenté de ces trois États.
Reno: A Base Camp for All SeasonsIdeally positioned between the spectacular peaks and lakes of California s Sierra Nevadas and the vast and varied Great Basin of Nevada, Reno is an unparalleled hub for exploring the natural beauty and grandeur this region offers.
Designed specifically to cover almost the entire eighty-five-mile Columbia River Gorge corridor, this is the only guidebook for the Gorge with color photographs and color topographic maps.
For 25 years, the bestselling 140 Great Hikes in and near Palm Springs has served as a staple for anyone exploring the trails surrounding Palm Springs, California.
Detailed information for all 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, plus the 5 segments of the Collegiate West trail additionColor maps and elevation profilesAccurate mileages and distancesMountain bike detour routesThe eighth edition of The Colorado Trail Databook has been completely updated with new trail survey data.
The top attractions in 76 National Monuments in 11 states (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) Includes 17 national monuments currently under administration review Features spectacular color photos, maps, trailhead directions, and details about each monumentThe Guide to Western National Monuments showcases 76 of the nation s 122 public lands protected by a Presidential decree.
A wide variety of hikes, from family-friendly to difficult overnight treks Includes detailed comments, route descriptions, driving directions, maps, difficulty ratings, and nearest landmark Fits in your pocket or daypack Features color photos and maps throughout Experience the high country of Colorado from Rocky Mountain National Park to the Weminiche Wilderness on the Continental Divide trail, a 3100-mile trail that traverses the Rocky Mountains from Mexico to Canada.
Walking is one of the most popular fitness and recreational activities for people of all ages, and medical experts have endorsed it as a way of improving health and well-being and prolonging life.
Since its publication in 1973, 103 Hikes in Southerwestern British Columbia has sold over 120,000 copies, guiding novices and experts alike around lakes, rivers, and mountains from the North Shore and Howe Sound to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, and east to the Fraser Valley and Hope-Manning Park.
The West Coast Trail, which traverses 50 miles of gorgeous Northwest Canadian coastline, has been dubbed the Graveyard of the Pacific, having claimed 60 ships since 1854.
This field guide to the Restionaceae, or Cape reeds, commonly called restios, unpacks a unique family of fynbos plants found at the southern tip of South Africa.
When Guy Kennaway, 63, a white, middle class, overweight, English, Tory-voting writer met Hussein Sharif, 22, an African-born, inner city, Tory-hating Muslim, they assumed they had little in common.
Winner of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book 2019Chris Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea.
WINNER OF THE OUTDOOR WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD: OUTDOOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016'Those who decry peak bagging as mere list ticking fail to understand the commitment challenge and pleasure involved.
As probably the world's most experienced long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend has many stories to tell and many photographs with which to illustrate them.
Walk Like a Mountain is the definitive guide to walking as Buddhist practice, not just for the serious practitioner but for anyone who wants to bring more contemplative depth to their everyday walks.
You will have built up for yourselves a wonderful store of memories which will not leave you as long as you live: memories of sun and wind, of the songs of birds, the patter of rain upon the leaves and the smell of the warm, wet earth: memories of white, dusty roads, clear streams and cool, shady places: perhaps, too, of dark clouds and great winds: but, most of all, you know that you will remember the sparks rising from your camp fire and the small circle of flickering light keeping the darkness at bay.
Built in the years AD122-30 by order of the Emperor Hadrian 'to separate Romans from Barbarians', Hadrian's Wall was 73 miles long, running from Wallsend-on-Tyne to Bowness on the Solway Firth.
Hillwalking is a way of life for Robin Howie, whose name is very well-known in Scottish hillwalking circles and whose knowledge of the Scottish high tops is second to none.
The Corbetts (Scotland's 2500-2999ft mountains) are every bit as interesting as the Munros (3000ft and over), often clear when the Munros are in cloud, walkable on short winter days, free of the peak-bagging crowds of their taller neighbours.
