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103hikes_144.jpg 103 Hikes
Can$19.95
1-55054-775-5
Author-Jack Bryceland, and Mary & David Macaree


A revised, updated edition of Southwestern British Columbia's best-selling hiking guidebook--including more than twenty new routes.
 

 
109walks_144.jpg 109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland
Can$19.95
1-55054-906-5
Author-Mary & David Macaree


Since it was first published in 1976, this classic guidebook has sold over 80,000 copies, leading old and young to scenic byways in all seasons.
 

 
small_scramblingsafely.jpg A Hiker’s Guide to Scrambling Safely
Can$14.95

Author - Tom Morin

Unroped scrambling over so-called easy terrain is one of the most potentially dangerous recreational activities. Every year, scramblers are injured or killed in preventable accidents. A Hiker’s Guide to Scrambling Safely educates new scramblers in the inherent risks, required climbing skills and mountain knowledge required for safety in the mountains.
 

 
adventurous_dreams.jpg Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives
Can$29.95
collected and edited by Jason Schoonover
foreword by Meave Leakey


In Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives, 120 outstanding individuals representing a who's who of international exploration recall the indelible moment in their youth when the dream that launched their remarkable lives was born. As they recount the turning points to fulfilling those dreams-often overcoming enormous physical, emotional or other obstacles-we learn how incredibly inspirational their lives are.

 

 
blisters_144.gif Blisters & Bliss - 5th Edition
Can$14.95
1-894384-65-2
Author-David Foster and Wayne Aitken
Illustrator-Nelson Dewey


Each year, thousands of trekkers tackle the 75-kilometre West Coast Trail between Bamfield and Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. And for more than twelve years, this book has been the definitive guide to the world-famous trail.
 

 
bookbasics_s.jpg Bush Basics
Can$16.95
1-55143-098-3
Author-Glen Stedham


Every person who enjoys hiking and backcountry trekking or anyone taking up these activities should have a copy of Bush Basics. This book written by an avid outdoorsman is a common sense guide to backwoods adventure.
 

 
small_sportclimb.jpg Canmore Sport Climbs
Can$12.95

Authors - Dave Dornian and Chris Miller

If you find yourself in the Bow Valley for only a few days, or even an afternoon or evening, you can climb good rock a short walk from the road. The outskirts of Canmore offer some of the best-developed sport climbing in the Canadian Rockies, and you can be tying-in minutes from the parking areas.
 

 
exploring_castle.jpg EXPLORING THE CASTLE: DISCOVERING THE BACKBONE OF THE WORLD IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
Can$26.95
Author-Robert Kershaw


In 1901, naturalist George Bird Grinnell took note of an extensive network of mountains, ridges, valleys, lakes and rivers on both sides of the Continental Divide from northern Montana into southern British Columbia and Alberta.
 

 
cover_hikingadventureswithchildren.jpg Hiking Adventures with Children
Can$19.95
1-894384-86-5

Author - Kari Jones and Sachiko Kiyooka

“Our children’s delight in the tiniest treasure helps us to open our eyes again wide.” Experienced hikers Kari Jones and Sachiko Kiyooka replenished their souls in nature for many years before their children were born. When they became mothers, they learned to adapt their ways of enjoying the outdoors so that taking pre-schoolers on their excursions would be a gift, not a burden.
 

 
life_trail_1.jpg LIFE OF THE TRAIL 1: HISTORIC HIKES IN EASTERN BANFF NATIONAL PARK
Can$26.95
Authors-Emerson Sanford & Janice Sanford Beck


Life of the Trail is a fascinating new series which will guide today's hikers and armchair travellers through the stories of historic routes in the Canadian Rockies.
 

 
popular_day_hikes2.jpg POPULAR DAY HIKES 2: CANADIAN ROCKIES
Can$15.95
Author-Tony Daffern


Following upon the success of the first book in the "Popular Day Hikes" series - Gillean Daffern's Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country - Rocky Mountain Books is thrilled to offer this companion volume focusing upon the splendour of the Canadian Rockies.
 

 
popular1 Popular Day Hikes: Kananaskis Country
Can$15.95
Author-Gillean Daffern


From the author of the hugely popular Kananaskis Country Trail Guides and Canmore & Kananaskis Country: Short Walks for Inquiring Minds comes a book of popular day hikes in one of southern Alberta's most-loved outdoor recreation areas. Kananaskis Country covers over 4,000 square hectares of the Canadian Rockies south and east of Banff National Park, and is a favourite destination for outdoors enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.


 

 
The-Canadian_Rockies.jpg The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails
Can$19.95
Author-Arthur Philemon Coleman, foreword by Chic Scott


Mountain Classics Collection
A new reprint series from Rocky Mountain Books

Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country's mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia.
 

 
small_therage.jpg The Rage: Reflections on Risk
Can$19.95

Author - Steve De Maio

Risk-taker Steve De Maio explores risk in this eclectic collection of climbing essays and poetry written over a 20-year period.
 

 
wiresinwildernesssmall.jpg Wilderness: The Story of the Yukon Telegraph
Can$19.95
1-894384-58-X
Author-Bill Miller


This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.
 

 
winterwise_s.jpg Winter Wise
Can$14.95
1-895811-95-3
Author-Montague "Monty" Alford


In Winter Wise, Monty Alford shares a lifetime of experience, technique, and personal knowledge of surviving and travelling on ice and snow.
 

 
yamnuska_rock.jpg Yamnuska Rock: The Crown Jewel of Canadian Rockies
Can$34.95
Author-Andy Genereux


Canadian rock climbing was born on the big flat face of Yamnuska. For more than 50 years aspiring youth and grizzled veterans have been putting up new routes on the south-facing slab that faces the sun and attracts climbers every month of the year. In the first-ever climbing guide to the "Yam," you will find 115 routes described in detail and accompanied by maps and photographs.
 


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