Best Easy Day Hikes Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, 2nd

Experience the dual nature of this vast wilderness area straddling the Montana-Wyoming border. This guidebook leads you through the lake-strewn alpine country of the Beartooth Plateau to the lower, densely forested, and wildlife-rich mountains of the Absaroka Range. Best Easy Day Hikes Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness directs you to some of the most magnificent scenery in the Lower 48. This guidebook includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty-five, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the most scenic destinations in this nationally designated wilderness. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families. Book jacket.

Bill Schneider, the co-founder of Falcon Publishing, is a veteran outdoorsman and author of more than 20 books on backpacking and natural history in the American West. He lives in Helena, Montana.