Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition - by Mike Coltrin (Spiral Bound)

About the Book

This classic hiking guide to Albuquerque's Sandia Mountain is completely updated with color photographs, up-to-date trail descriptions, detailed maps, additional GPS data, and modified difficulty ratings for many of the featured hikes.

Book Synopsis

Winner of the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Sports/Recreation

This classic hiking guide to Albuquerque's Sandia Mountain is completely updated with color photographs, up-to-date trail descriptions, detailed maps, additional GPS data, and modified difficulty ratings for many of the featured hikes. This expanded edition also includes seven new trail descriptions, two dozen "Family Friendly" outings for hikers of all ages and abilities, and insightful "Safety First" considerations for moderate-to-difficult trails. The beautiful hikes described here, including round-trip distances, total about three hundred miles. Individual entries detail the length, elevation gain, and degree of difficulty for each trail. The author also provides detailed directions to trailheads and describes the trail terrain, scenic viewpoints, vegetation, and neighboring trails. Twenty-six contour maps of the trails throughout the Sandias are included in the interior. Additionally, a stand-alone, water-resistant, color map of the mountain trail system has been updated to accompany the hiking guide.

Review Quotes

"Arguably nobody knows the hiking trails of the Sandia Mountains better than Coltrin--and he's written a book to prove it."--Rio Rancho Observer

"Ever the scientist, Coltrin kept a hiking diary, logging the trails he completed and the highlights he observed. That paved the way for his book--a compendium of sixty trails, including eight to ten new or revised routes in the second edition."--Albuquerque the Magazine

"For those planning to visit this area and hike the Sandias, this is a must-have guide."--Robert E. Hoopes, Wildlife Activist

"Mike Coltrin supplies lots of bells and whistles, including a color foldout map, black-and-white topographical maps, color photos, and background on geology, geography, history, and climate. But more importantly, he supplies the essentials. . . . For him, hiking clearly is as much avocation as vocation."--The Independent (Edgewood, New Mexico)