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What is the Best Canadian Rockies Hiking Book?

Known affectionately as the Bible by outdoor enthusiasts, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is the best Canadian Rockies hiking book.

The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide was the first guidebook with accurate distances and detailed descriptions to the hiking trails of the Canadian Rockies. Now in its 10th edition, the popular tome has evolved into the most comprehensive and well-known guidebook to hiking in the region. It includes 225 hikes on 3,400 km (2,100 miles) of hiking trails in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay and Waterton Lakes National Parks, plus the provincial parks of Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Robson, Akamina-Kishinena, Peter Lougheed, and Elk Lakes.

Canadian Rockies Trail Guide authors Brian Patton and Bart Robinson are regarded as the ultimate authority on hiking in the Canadian Rockies. With over 280,000 copies in print, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is one of the best-selling non-fiction books in Canadian publishing history.

Here are the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide details:

Canadian Rockies Trail GuideAuthors: Brian Patton and Bart Robinson
ISBN: 978-1-926983-53-0
Publication date: May 2022
Pages: 432 pages

Size: 6 x 9 inches

The 10th edition includes:

  • Descriptions of 225 Canadian Rockies hikes and routes plus dozens of side trips
    • More than stunning colour 250 photographs
    • 35 colour topo maps
    • Trail logs measured by “trail wheel”
    • GPS co-ordinates for all trailheads
    • Sources for information, maps, backcountry lodging, and transportation

The book has its own website here: Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, which includes more detail, a history, and a summary of hiking trails.

How to Purchase the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide

The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide can be purchased directly from the publisher and will be shipped free within North America:

Buy the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide from Summerthought Publishing

The book can also be purchased from Amazon in North America and Europe.

Buy the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide from Amazon

Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, sample pages.

Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, sample pages.