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140 Great Hikes in and Near Palm Springs

Description

Hikers in Southern California know that there's more to Palm Springs than world-class golfing. The mountain wilderness surrounding this desert resort town offers extensive trail systems where outdoor enthusiasts enjoy some of the best winter and spring hikes in the nation. And there is no better companion for your adventures than 140 Great Hikes in and near Palm Springs -- the area's most comprehensive hiking guide -- by local author, hike leader, and Coachella Valley Hiking Club founder Philip Ferranti. This revised version of Ferranti's regional best-seller, 120 Great Hikes in and near Palm Springs, offers 20 new and exciting excursions for hikers of all ages and skill levels, as well as 58 user-friendly maps, 118 black-and-white photos, detailed trail descriptions, difficulty ratings, seasonal advice, safety tips, and more. So fill up your water bottles, slap on some sunscreen, and hit the trail with 140 Great Hikes in and near Palm Springs!

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-12-25
Summary: "the best guide ever"

This guide to hiking in the Palm Springs area (Coachella Valley) was written in an enthusiastic, concise, and informative style which is friendly and makes the book very easy to use. All the pertinent information is there, as if you were talking to an experienced, knowledgeable, and happy expert (which you are). Can't go wrong with this!!!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-09-14
Summary: "Hiking Guide"

Excellent hiking guide for the Palm Springs area. Nice photos and good trail maps. A lot of work was put in this book. I especially like the photos which give you an idea of where you are going. Maps a bit hard to follow but that is due to a lack of markers on the trails. The authors have done an excellent job to compile a lot of information in short paragraphs.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-07-20
Summary: "what are these other people thinking??"

I am an avid hiker and have used every hiking guide book by Philip Ferranti, especially 140 Great Hikes in and Near Palm Springs...in full color. I have hiked extensively throughout Europe, Canada and the American West and I am appalled at any "negative" review I read concerning the 140 Great Hikes book....a book I consider one of the best outdoor hiking guide books I've ever used.Those reviewers who say the book lacks clear or misleading directions are way off in their assessment...they probably are "directionally challenged" and couldn't tell East from West. I've ALWAYS found my way successfully on every trail I've done using this book....and I've done almost all of them! His information about best season of the year to max your hiking experience, trail length, trail selections for best full-moon, wildflowers, gold mines, canyons, mountain vistas etc. are right on and so helpful to an out-of-area visitor...and the photos are beautiful!! Get this book! Use it...enjoy it. And if you have a problem with something, e-mail or phone the author (his contact info is in the back!) instead of writting stupid, misleading reviews!!

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-05-02
Summary: "Oh it's only maybe half done! Great for ideas, terrible for implementation."

I should start by saying that I am an AVID hiker and mapping/gps enthusiast.

This book is great for looking for ideas of where to hike, but I have consistently found the trail descriptions and maps provided to poorly describe the terrain. It really is a fantastic piece of research, but contains many inaccuracies, and is easily misleading. Essentially: only half of what you want from a good guide. I would hazard any would-be-user to bone up on your map-reading skills, and do tons of research before using this guide on any hike.

On one occasion, I hiked off hwy 74, and there were SEVERAL large gates along the trail. The trail description states that we were to cross the 'large gate'. If I did not have my gps with me we would have been totally lost. The first trail lead south, back to the highway, and would have easily taken us many miles in the wrong direction.

In general the vague 'waymarks' (described points and intersections where trails wander off in new directions), were very badly described.

While the book brags that it is 'gps friendly', this is honestly not the case. I would suggest to the authors that actual gps tracks would be fantastic (simply downloadable? on a CD?). These were obviously recorded by the authors, but the data provided is not intuitive. For example, in 'The Grottos' description, coordinates are often given for semi-random points in the trail, rather than at every trail junction. Ultimately, the book has tremendous promise, but fails in it's mission to be comprehensive, or, honestly, all that practical for all but preliminary research. And yet it IS a good research for initial research. Ultimately, however, even paired with the responsible use of tools such as GPSrs, the book lacks the clarity or polish it deserves.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-03-13
Summary: "Almost perfect."

This is an excellent comprehensive list of various hikes in and around Palm Springs. The book does a great job giving an idea of the varying kinds of hikes, from easy to quite strenuous. The hikes are also broken down by category (good with kids, old gold mines, etc.) as well as by location.

There are two things which keep this book from rating 5 stars. First, the directions to some of the trailheads are poorly written and vague. Also, the maps which accompany the text are of questionable accuracy. We found one map printed upside down, one that showed a non-existent trail junction, etc. Use this book for ideas and to get a general sense of the hike you are interested in, then get yourself a good map (locally, see Desert Map and Aerial Photography in Rancho Mirage) for when you are out walking.