Moon Tahoe Camping & Hiking

by Tom Stienstra

Overview

Seasoned camping and hiking expert Tom Stienstra extends travelers his firsthand advice on how to find the best spots in Tahoe to pitch a tent or hit the trail, from cobalt-blue Lake Tahoe's shores to adventure-filled Desolation Wilderness. Moon Tahoe Camping & Hiking's in-depth coverage also offers "best-of" lists—including Best Boat-in Campgrounds, Best Self-Guided Nature Walks, and Best for Waterfalls—ensuring that both outdoors beginners and experts will find the campgrounds and trails to match their skill levels and interests. Complete with clear directions to each location, detailed destination descriptions, difficulty and quality ratings for each hike, and helpful maps, Moon Tahoe Camping & Hiking provides campers and hikers with all the necessary tools to head outdoors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612381749
Publisher:	Avalon Publishing
Publication date:	05/15/2012
Series:	Moon Outdoors Travel Series
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.26(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

For 30 years, Tom Stienstra's full-time job has been to capture and communicate the outdoor experience. This has led him across California - fishing, hiking, camping, boating, biking, and flying - searching for the best of the outdoors and then writing about it.

Tom is the nation's top-selling author of outdoors guidebooks. He has been inducted into the California Outdoor Hall of Fame and has twice been awarded National Outdoor Writer of the Year, newspaper division, by the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He has also been named California Outdoor Writer of the Year five times, most recently in 2007. Tom is the outdoors columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle; his articles appear on sfgate.com and in newspapers around the country. He broadcasts a weekly radio show on KCBS-San Francisco and hosts an outdoor television show on CBS/CW San Francisco.

Tom lives with his wife and sons in Northern California. You can contact him directly via the website TomStienstra.com.