Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country - Best Hiking Guide for National Parks & Outdoor Adventures | Perfect for Backpacking, Camping & Nature Exploration

I just wanted to say what a fantastic book the WOW utah guide is!Myself and my girlfriend just got back from spending 3 weeks this may in canyon country, and used this book extensively throughout - in particular, we hiked the arches' devils garden & delicate arch, dead horse point, canyonlands peekaboo and chesler park/joint trail, mule canyon, natural bridges, calf creek, hole-in-rock canyons peekaboo, spooky & brimstone (also explored egypt-3 off egypt bench, outside of the scope of the book) and willow & fortymile gulches, bryce canyon & zions angels landing.Outstanding memories came especially from the canyonlands and escalante hikes. Fortymile gulch was *so* much fun, deeper water than expected, and peekaboo slot was just incredibly beautiful - also we met a rattlesnake here, under a rock, and had to chimney up the walls to pass over it! Peekaboo and the joint are both just classic hikes in a crazy landscape- unforgettable.I dont normally write book reviews, but I felt this book gave such great advice in an outspoken style of writing that certainly paralleled my feelings towards the great outdoors - we quickly learnt to trust the book, full of little details that made things better, esp. with regard to avoiding the tourist hordes and finding camping.The only thing we found was that the approach to brimstone slot was more strenuous than expected, and described in the book - we hiked it at the hottest part of the day, and found it to be pretty brutal as the canyon floor is very sandy, and there was zero shade the whole way. The return was considerably easier, once it had cooled off. I suppose you could say that about a lot of the hikes in utah, but this particular stretch did seem particularly menacing, and reminded us how nasty it could be to be out there without enough water.Another thing that could be mentioned in passing - is the devils garden off hole in rock rd - its a pretty neat distraction! and fun to be somewhere like that without the aforementioned hordes.Anyway I cant wait to go back again.It's great to find a set of hiking books you can rely on