Day and Overnight Hikes: Rocky Mountain National Park Paperback – April 28, 2008

I always over-prepare for trips and in this case bought no less than 5 books on Rocky Mountain National Park. I wanted to make sure I got in the best hikes in during the 4 days I was there without getting lost or wasting time. This fine book was very well written and by far my favorite for a quick bottom line breakdown of each hike. Loved the 1 to 5 star rating for Scenery /Trail Condition/ Child Friendly/ Difficulty/ Solitude. This along with distance, time and Outstanding Features for each hike. A clear trail map and a graph showing elevation gain across miles were the cherries on the top. Everything you need! There was also the necessary full description of each hike but that's not really needed until you hit the trail.With something like 500 choices in this massive park, I was getting overwhelmed with information while deciding which hikes to endeavor. This was the one book that made these decisions possible. The quick reference layout I described meant I could continue to look back at multiple hikes without re-reading a long description.This book was by no means a comprehensive guide to the park but was more than most visits will be able to make use of. This along with the ultra comprehensive  Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide  by Lisa Foster were the two books that were taking up precious space in my backpack while on-trail. Thanks to the Author Kim L. for this outstanding guide.

This book has a limited number of hikes...about 30. But it is organized well so you have all the info about a certain hike all in one place. Unlike some books where you have to flip back and forth to find the altitude gain, topo info, trail head, etc.

Great overall book for the park, would be nice if it went more into depth particularly with the south east Wild Basin area but I can't complain, the book does its job and does it well.

Obvoiusly lots of options in the area so great to be able to get some better detail to find something to meet your needs waterfalls, forest, lakes etc well worth the investment

Loved the trip to Rocky Mountain Natl Park, and this book was our go to guide for hikes. Had nice explanations, nice pictures, elevation charts, and easy to read font. Durable pages to withstand the hikes themselves. Highly recommended

This purchased along side a NG topo are an invaluable tool.

too small, wished book was a bit larger, otherwise great info.

Did the Fern Lake Trail mentioned in this book and the trail route was bang on. This was a well maintained trail but this book still helped me with some ambiguities.

I bought this for my trip - the routes in the park are so easy to follow it is not needed on the day however, for planning hikes it is excellent - just contains the classic hikes... only disappointment - no photos - counted 2?

Very useful for planning walks, but on the ground I didn't use it. I found that most walks in the book were quite short for my liking, even the most challenging ones. I ended up using the book alongside the National Geographic map of RMNP to piece walks together.

This book doesn't cover the whole Rockies only the northern parts. Returned.