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ISBN: 0-944780-11-3. 5.5" x 8.5" x .5". Copyright 1997. Softcover. 37 Maps and Trails, 23 B&W photos. About the author: Shawn Lyons is, by vocation and avocation, a person of many parts. As a professional classical guitarist, he plays dinner music every Thursday through Saturday at Villa Nova Restaurant in Anchorage. When he is not playing guitar at Villa Nova, Shawn is a part-time instructor of guitar at the University of Alaska in Anchorage where he also teaches English Composition and Literature. Shawn is also avid hiker and hill scrambler. Growing up in the Boston area, he spent his early years wandering in the White Mountains. At the age of 17, he hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine and, at the age of 18, hiked the Long Trail from Massachusetts to Canada. Since moving to Alaska, he has continued to hike and climb extensively. So much that after many long hikes through many a valley and over many a summit, he has become, for some, the hiking guru of Southcentral Alaska. Nor is this all he does in the outdoors. As an ultra-athlete, he is a nine-time winner of the Iditashoe wilderness snowshoe race, and three-time winner of the 100 mile Coldfoot Classic held each year on Halloween above the Arctic Circle. Shawn's narratives about his hikes and races often appear in a weekly hiking and climbing column that he writes for the Anchorage Daily News. Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Lake Bagging Along Alaska Highway Nine
Walk About Guide to Golden Fin Trail
Walk About Guide to Grayling Lake Trail
Walk About Guide to Primrose Trail
Walk About Guide to Victor Creek Trail
Walk About Guide to Ptarmigan Lake Trail
Walk About Guide to Crater Lake Trail
Option A - Crater Lake and Crescent Creek Trails Chapter 2: A Long Way from Boston to Patriot's Day
Walk About Guide to Skilak Lake and Overlook Trail Chapter 3: Water, Water Everywhere
Walk About Guide to Hidden Creek Trail
Walk About Guide to Kenai River Trail
Walk About Guide to Fuller Lake Trail Chapter 4: Poetic Justice
Walk About Guide to Russian Lake Trail
Walk About Guide to Resurrection River Trail Chapter 5: The Still Point Between Season
Walk About Guide to Rainbow Lake Trail Chapter 6: Walking the Fine Line Between Work and Play
Walk About Guide to Devil's Pass Trail Chapter 7: Autumn to Winter and Back
Walk About Guide to Summit Creek Trail Chapter 8: Out and Back on the Great Wheel
Walk About Guide to Johnson Pass Trail Chapter 9: Night and Day on Resurrection Trail
Walk About Guide to Resurrection Trail Chapter 10: A step in the Dance of Time
Walk About Guide to Gull Rock Trail
Walk About Guide to Hope Point Trail
Walk About Guide to Byron Glacier Trail
Walk About Guide to Bird Ridge Trail
Option A - Bird Ridge Overlook
Walk About Guide to Falls Creek Trail
Walk About Guide to Turnagain Arm Trail Chapter 11: Hiking to Anyplace the Mind May Care to Wander
Walk About Guide to Winner Creek Trail Chapter 12: Luck is A Simple Matter of Degree
Walk About Guide to Bird Creek Trail
Option A - Traverse Bird Pass and Indian Pass Chapter 13: A Blessing in Disguise
Walk About Guide to Indian Pass Trail
Option A - Traverse from Arctic Valley to Indian Chapter 14: In My End is my Beginning
Walk About Guide to McHugh Lake Trail
Option A - McHugh Lake summit to McHugh Peak
Option B - McHugh Lake Trail to South Suicide Peak Appendix
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