Synopses & Reviews
Covering Tahoe, Mammoth, The Redwoods, Lassen, Yosemite, Mendocino, San Francisco Bay Area, Shasta, and Monterey, this is the biker's guide to finding the best easy rides throughout Northern California. Families, day-trippers, and seasoned riders looking for a change of pace will all find the perfect trail among the options selected by veteran biker Ann Marie Brown. This guidebook provides updated, easy-to-use region and trail maps, descriptive keynotes for every geographical region, and steepness and skill ratings for each ride. Detailed descriptions let bikers know when a trail visits a waterfall, scenic overlook, or wildflower field. Complete with helpful information, including tips for "Biking with Kids" and an appendix of Northern California biking clubs, Foghorn Outdoors Easy Biking in Northern California has the details on great easy biking in the northern half of the Golden State.
About the Author
The author of 12 outdoor guidebooks, including
Foghorn Outdoors Northern California Biking and
Foghorn Outdoors 250 Great Hikes in California's National Parks, Ann Marie Brown is a dedicated California outdoorswoman. She hikes, bikes, and camps more than 150 days each year in a dedicated effort to avoid routine, complacency, and getting a real job. Ann Marie's work has appeared in
Sunset,
VIA, and
Backpacker magazines. As a way of giving back a little of what she gets from her experiences in nature, she writes and edits for several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and National Resources Defense Council. When not traipsing along a California trail, Ann Marie can be found at her home on the Northern California coast, usually counting whale spouts instead of working. For more information on these titles, visit Ann Marie's website at www.annmariebrown.com.