Base Camp Las Vegas: 101 Hikes in the Southwest

This expanded and updated new edition of Deborah Wall’s best-selling BASECAMP LAS VEGAS features 101 hikes in Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona. Comprehensive descriptions of each hike including skill level, wildlife, points of interest, geology, archaeology, and history are enhanced by detailed maps and information about when to go, what to wear, and what to take along. With Wall as your guide, explore spectacular unspoiled wilderness by day, then retire to the world-class urban amenities of a basecamp like no other: Las Vegas.

Deborah Wall is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in both adventure travel and family excursions. She writes an outdoor column for View Community Newspapers, a division of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A lifelong hiker, she has been a ski racer and has taught skiing and sailing. A former television producer and news anchor, she also worked as a model for skiing and outdoor publications. This book, her fourth, is an expanded and updated edition of Base Camp Las Vegas a best-selling hiking guide first published in 2010. Ms. Wall is the author of Great Hikes: A Cerca Country Guide (2004). She co-authored Access for All: Touring the Southwest with Limited Mobility (2014) and was a major contributor to Road Trips and Adventures, two more of the Cerca Country Guide series. She has a Nevada Press Association award for excellence and writes columns on BaseCampGuides.com about little-known hiking routes in the Southwest and tips for taking fun and safe trips.