Thousands of miles of trail across four states and provinces, photographed by Bart Smith and written up by the regional authors who actually walk them. The Pacific Crest, the Pacific Northwest Trail, the Trans Canada, and the wild country they thread through from Northern California to southwestern British Columbia.

Two hundred and eighty eight pages in a big square format, mixing new photography with maps and archival images most hikers have never seen. It works as a planning book and it works as the thing that sits on the table and starts arguments about where to go next spring. For anyone who has ever pulled over at a trailhead just to read the sign, this is the gift.