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Winners
of the Guidebooks (Outdoor Adventure)Category
National Outdoor
Book Awards (NOBA)
The most important book award
program in the outdoor field is the National
Outdoor Book Awards. Past winners of the Outdoor Adventure Guidebook
Category are listed below:
 Winner:Colorado's
Continental Divide Trail
By Tom Lorang Jones. Photographs by John Fielder.
Published by Westcliffe Publishers.
This guidebook covers the 759-mile stretch of
the Continental Divide Trail through the state of Colorado and includes
trail descriptions, history, conservation information, and route finding
hints. It's an outstanding resource for hikers and mountain bikers.
From brilliant color photography to colorful maps and graphics to insightful
writing, this is a model guidebook.
 Winner:Trout
Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams
By John Ross. Jeff Wincapaw, Art Director.
Published by Falcon Publishing and Trout Unlimited.
These are the streams that fire an angler's imagination:
100 of them in 30 states across the US, voted the best places to catch
trout by members of Trout Unlimited. The writing in this well organized
guide is strong, lively and stylish. It makes you want to grab your
rod and hit the road.
Honorable
Mention: Vermont and New Hampshire
Winter Trails
By Marty Basch. Published by The Globe
Pequot Press.
Designed for all levels, from consummate winter
recreational skiers and snowshoers to beginners and families, Winter Trails
covers the best places to snowshoe and cross-country ski in Vermont and
New Hampshire.
Winner:
Guide
to Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California
By Roger Schumann and Jan Shriner. Published
by The Globe Pequot Press
Well designed and written, this is a splendid
sea kayaking guide. The authors do what should be done in all guidebooks:
show they're having fun! Even if you've never dipped a paddle,
you'll be drawn in by the book's cheery personality. And then there's
the maps. Created with the reader in mind, they are gems--pleasing
to look at, easy to grasp, and accurate.
 Honorable
Mention: Montana
and Idaho's Continental Divide Trail
By Lynna Howard
Photography By Leland Howard
In the design department, this book tops the chart:
artistic, full-color photos, eminently usable maps, elevation charts, trail
access symbols, and user friendly lay-out throughout. If you're planning
on doing some hiking on the Continental trail, this is the book to get.
Winner:Fifty
Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List. By Mark
Kroese. Published by The Mountaineers Books, Seattle.
This splendidly done, full-color treat-for-the-eyes blends personality
and place, showcasing fifty accomplished climbers and their favorite climbs.
Each section includes a biographic sketch of the climber, a story about
his or her chosen climb, and a route description clearly illustrated by
a photograph and accompanying schematics.
<>Honorable Mention:
Hike
America Virginia: An Atlas of Virginia's Greatest Hiking Adventures.
By Bill & Mary Burnham. Published by The Globe Pequot Press,
Guilford, Connecticut.
Strike out and explore the trails and history of Virginia's backcountry
in this handsomely designed and well-written guide.
Honorable Mention:
101
Hikes in Northern California: Exploring Mountains, Valleys, and Seashore.
By Matt Heid. Published by Wilderness Press, Berkeley.
A wonderful selection of trails, good writing, and helpful graphics
make this a choice guidebook for ambles in the special places of Northern
California.
 Winner.
Hiking the Sierra Nevada. By John Mock and Kimberley
O'Neil. Published by Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Australia.
ISBN 1740592727.
Hiking the Sierra Nevada is a user friendly, rock-solid guidebook
with clear writing, useful topographic maps, inviting photos, and it's
conveniently sized to fit in the side pocket of your pack.
 Honorable
Mention. Alaska: A Climbing Guide. By Michael
Wood and Colby Coombs. Published by The Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN
089886724X.
If you're planning a climb in Alaska, this is the book to consult.
Nicely designed and well-written, it covers history and climbing routes
throughout the state.
Winner.
100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park. By Marc J.
Soares. Published by The Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN
089886867X
Yosemite is a thoughtfully designed, full-color guide to Yosemite
National Park and surrounding areas. The book's colorful, three dimensional
maps aid in planing your hikes and give you a birds-eye view of the lay
of the land.
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Mention.
100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: Eastern
Washington, Northern Rockies, Wallowas. By Rich Landers and the
Spokane Mountaineers. Published by The Mountaineers Books, Seattle.
ISBN 0898869080
Outdoor columnist, Rich Landers in combination with the Spokane Mountaineers,
has penned the perfect companion for hiking in the Northern Rockies.
Deeply concerned about the outdoor environment, Landers not only writes
about it, but he acts too, donating all proceeds from the sale of the book
to trail maintenance.
Honorable
Mention.
Trekking Washington. By Mike Woodmansee.
Published by The Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN
0898869048
This attractive guide, illustrated with color photos and a new type
of shaded-relief map, is designed for long distance hikers. Treks
start at 30 miles in length and run to 240 miles.
 Winner.
100 Classic Hikes in Oregon. By Douglas Lorain. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN 0898869633
You can always tell when a guidebook author knows his
stuff. Douglas Lorain, who literally
lives on the trail, was the perfect person to author this book. Combined with a stylish design, full color
photographs, and very useable maps, this is the cream of the crop of this
year's guide books.
Winner. Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. By Andrew Dean
Nystrom. Wilderness Press,
Berkeley. ISBN 089997368X
If this year's winner of the Guidebook Category is any
indication, Top Trails are top
notched guidebooks. Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is a guidebook
with a lot of moxie. It's exceedingly well
organized. The maps are uncluttered and
easy to use. And introductory charts
help you identify suitable trails. In
addition to the book's smart design, Andrew Dean Nystrom has done a splendid
job of researching and writing about the trails.
Honorable Mention. Idaho's Salmon River: A
River Runner's Guide to the River of No Return.
By Eric J. Newell and Allison J. Newell.
Black Canyon
Guides, Logan, UT. ISBN 0976671700
This is a marvelously unpretentious compact guide to running
the rapids of the famous River of No
Return. Included
are maps, GPS coordinates, camp locations, schematics of major rapids and plenty
of helpful hints. Plus, it's waterproof
and just the right size to slip under a life jacket.
Honorable Mention. Red Rock Canyon: A Climbing Guide. By Roxanna Brook and Jared McMillen. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN 0898864860
There is none more complete.
This guidebook to the famous Red Rocks climbing area, 30 minutes from Las
Vegas, is fittingly produced and remarkably
comprehensive with over 1,500 routes described
Winner.
The Middle Fork of the Salmon River:
A Comprehensive Guide. By Matt
Leidecker. Idaho
River
Publications, Hailey, ID. ISBN 1424302668
More than any, river guidebooks get
used—and abused. All day, they are in and
out of ammo cans,
passed around, and used to keep track of mileage, to re-check routes
through
rapids, and to find the night's camp.
They have to be tough, conveniently sized, able to
withstand a soaking
or two, have easy-to-read maps, and clear and concise descriptions. Matt Leidecker's Middle Fork
guidebook fits the bill perfectly. If you
have a trip planned on Idaho's
Middle Fork of the Salmon, this is the guide written and built for the
job.
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