I bought this for my best friend for Christmas and it was a winner. Love that it came in the bundle for cheaper. The map is a great, thick, water resistant paper that I believe will hold up through many uses. We can't wait to break it out this spring!

The map trails are often labeled by destination not the actual trail name. I'm not sure of the logic behinds this since the peak, lean-to, etc. is already labeled. I know where I'm going. It would be nice to know to the trail's name so I could get there. Not nearly as clear as the maps for the White Mountains.

Lots of details but its costly for a single piece of paper.

This is one of the worst trail books I have ever purchased (and I've purchased a good amount). First of all, this book is absolutely useless without the accompanying map. The trails are explained with one-way mileage in sections of the High Peaks area. I'm guessing that's because there are so many routes you can take by combining trails, but for a first-timer to this area, it makes planning extremely difficult because I don't know which trails are starting at a trailhead and which trails are starting in the middle of the backcountry from another trail and there is no map to figure that out. I think you might be able to figure it out if you read all of the text for each of the hiking descriptions and take notes, but who has time for that. I wish they would have put little map drawings to visually show you where these trails are without having to fold out their massive map every time you want to figure out where something is. There is no at-a-glance information either. The entire book is text. There is no information in any sort of table, index, in the margins, or at the top of the hike to show pertinent info to narrow hikes before reading the entire book descriptions. There is a list of hiking mileage for each section (which again, not helpful if you don't know where you're starting from and what trails link together). There is no elevation gain information or difficulty rating. Who chooses a hike in the mountains based on mileage only?! That could get people in serious trouble. I wish there were an overview map in the book that shows where each of these sections are in the High Peaks areas that correspond to the chapters. There is one small map that shows just a few of them and it wasn't that helpful for me who isn't already familiar with these locations. I cannot comment on how helpful the hiking trail descriptions are because every time I open this book to plan my trip I get so frustrated. I don't want to read every description in the book to choose 2 hikes... I'll be heading there in a month though and will be able to comment better then. Unless you are well versed in the Adirondacks and already know which hikes you plan to take, I don't think this book will be much use to you in planning your hikes. Even then, I think Alltrails.com would still be more helpful. The authors/editors should benchmark off of the book 34;AMC's Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains34; and their other books. This is the most organized, comprehensive book I've seen for hiking. It made planning my trip a breeze and got me way more excited to visit a place than this book did.

Delivered quickly. Good guide for hiking the Adirondacks High Peak area. Does not include maps.

Great Product!! A

Great Product!! A

Good map and book. The book is a little terse to keep it to a reasonable size. I was glad I had the book when coming back from a late hike to Wright Mountain.

Great map definitely would buy again. My only grip though is that it's damn huge! T should have been broken down into 4 easy to pull out maps. Feel like I'm on a military pre-op mission minus the needed desk to lay this beast on to look at it.

Love it.

I've just begun to read the book, so my review is based largely on a co-workers opinion. He has completed all 46 High Peaks and has done many of them several times. He has the 13th edition of this book, and has relied on it quite a bit while becoming a 46'er. He gives it good marks for accuracy with regard to the times and length of hikes. He also likes the view ratings. I prefer the map from the 13th edition for its size, it's smaller and easier to carry in a pocket during a hike. However the new map includes the unmarked herd paths, of which there are quite a few, so that's a plus. There is good info about camping and fire regulations in the high peaks region, as well as general hiking and safety edicate, which is helpful for those unfamiliar with them. Overall value for the dollar is worth it if you are thinking about becoming a 46'er or just hiking some of the more popular peaks.

LOVE

This is a must have map for doing the 46. It has all the trails including herd paths and also includes mileage.

My husband and I purchased this map in preparation for our vacation up in Lake Placid this year. The map is well detailed with topography and the distance, helping us chose the best routes for our hikes. However while it is a great map, its size makes it so that while it is good for planning before hand it is not as easy to use frequently while on the trail simply due to how large it is.

It's great full of useful information. I just wish they hadn't put those difficult to remove stickers directly over the center of the cover.