Reviews of Hiking Grand Canyon National Park by Ron Adkison

Hiking Grand Canyon National Park, 3rd: A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North and South Rims (Regional Hiking Series)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Fully revised and updated, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park provides first-hand descriptions and detailed maps for all of the park's developed trails as well as tips on safety, hiking with children, access, and services. Includes fifteen hikes in the South Rim and thirteen hikes in the North Rim.

About the Author
Ron Adkison (deceased), an avid hiker and backpacker, began his outdoor explorations at age six. Since then he has logged more than 12,000 trail miles in ten western states. He has walked every trail in this guide, most of them multiple times, to provide precise, firsthand information about the trails, as well as features of ecological and historical interest.

A Rigorous Book Recommended only for Experienced Backpackers, March 20, 2011
By Fritz R. Ward "dayhiker" (Crestline, CA United States)
This review is from: Hiking Grand Canyon National Park, 3rd: A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North and South Rims (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)
Veteran hiking author and guide Ron Adkison passed way in 2009. His son, Ben Adkison is now in the process of updating his guidebooks beginning with this Falcon guide to the Grand Canyon. This is an ambitious project as, unlike most canyon hiking guides, 'Hiking Grand Canyon' focuses on some of the most difficult routes in this spectacular park. Indeed, the single most common description for hikes in this guide, nearly all of which are backpack trips, is "a rigorous backpack .... for experienced canyon hikers only." Happily, the book does include day hike options for most of the routes described.

Probably the biggest change in this guidebook over earlier editions is that it is now printed on glossy pages with beautiful photographs. The book also includes detailed descriptions of the hazards one faces hiking in the Grand Canyon, including not only dehydration but its all too common opposite, water intoxication. Descriptions of services, explanations of how to get a backpacking permit, and a detailed natural history round out the extended introduction to the third edition of this book.

The bulk of the book continues to be devoted to the trails (a fairly loose term: many of the hikes in this book are little more than routes) most of which are outside the main corridor of visitors. On the positive side, users of this book have an excellent chance to experience, if not solitude, substantially fewer crowds than more developed sites. On the downside, this book is mostly directed to experienced backpackers who are in top physical condition and who have the time (and vehicles; 4wd recommended) to access some of these locations. Most visitors to the Grand Canyon do not fall into that category. For these visitors, Best Easy Day Hikes, Grand Canyon, also by Ron Adkison, is probably a better choice. There is surprisingly little overlap between these books. But if you want truly experience the Grand Canyon on an extended and remote trip, the third edition of 'Hiking Grand Canyon' is an excellent choice.


A top pick for any sports and outdoors collection or travel library, May 15, 2011
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
This review is from: Hiking Grand Canyon National Park, 3rd: A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North and South Rims (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)
Hiking Grand Canyon National Park is the perfect take-along tote for any who would hike the trails of the park. It covers a range of trail opportunities, from easy day hikes for novices and children to extended backpack trips for wilderness campers. With its specific directions, survey of 'best' day and overnight hikes for all abilities, difficulty ratings and more, this packs in details on all kinds of outdoors opportunities and is a top pick for any sports and outdoors collection or travel library.

Great Tour recommended by World Travel!
Grand Canyon West Rim Adventure and Skywalk
For the adventurous at heart, a trip to the Hualapai Reservation on the West Rim of the Grand Canyon will provide the thrill of a lifetime. Your adventure will include a scenic, narrated, aerial tour over fabulous Arizona landscapes; a ground tour to Eagle Point with an Indian Village including authentic native homes, scheduled Native American Cultural performances and the amazing Grand Canyon Skywalk. Lunch is at Guano Point - on the rim of the Grand Canyon, where you can do a little hiking. Here, you will have spectacular views of the Canyon and the Colorado River a mile below...Read more!

s 60+ seniors,we feel this tour of the West Rim is the only way to go! Thank you to all the crew from start to finish for a great ride you provided these two seniors! Jim and Charlene
Reviewed by: Bubbles, May 2011

Awesome trip, great service!
Reviewed by: BRAD B, January 2011

Outstanding trip. Our pilot (Mike) was fantastic and ensured that our group got the experience of a lifetime. Thanks Mike, and thanks Viator!
Reviewed by: BRAD B, January 2011

Brilliant trip that ran like clock work - views were brilliant and the ground agent excellent
Reviewed by: Anna-Maria D, United Kingdom, July 2010

We really loved the trip. We could have been better served with a picnic lunch, but the flight and helicopter trip/boat trip was amazing. We were disappointed to see how incomplete the skywalk remained, but stunning event all the same. Pilot was great and very cordial.
Reviewed by: Winnifred P, April 2011