ISBN:  978-0-88150-755-3.  Copyright 2008.  First edition.  Softcover.  267 pages.  55+ maps, 67 B&W color photos.  Dimensions: 6" x 9" x .75" 

(From the back cover):  50 Hikes in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.  Alaska is vast, still mostly roadless and wild, and stunningly beautiful.  Alaska is so big - equal in area to about one-fifth of all the lower 48 states - it is difficult to completely cover all of its available hiking in one book.  This guide therefore concentrates on the Kenai Peninsula, which has the largest number, greatest concentration, and most diverse range of hiking environments in the state.  The Kenai, as it is known locally, is itself huge, containing an ice field larger than the state of Rhode Island.  The Kenai offers coastal, forest, subalpine, tundra, and even glacial hiking opportunities.  While many of these trails traverse remote and wild country, the trailheads for all 50 hikes covered in this book can be reached by either roads or water taxis.  These Kenai hikes are also easily accessible from the cities of Anchorage and Kenai/Soldotna and the towns of Seward and Homer.

The hikes range from an easy 0.5 mile flat walk through a boggy lowland meadow to more challenging multiday hikes through mountainous, alpine, and even glacial terrains.  Included are several hikes that are appropriate for families with small children, and coastal beach hikes that will delight everyone.  Detailed hike descriptions, beautiful photographs, relief maps, and explanations of the Kenai's geology and geography make this guide a must-have for your trip.

Taz  Tally is a photographer, Ph.D. geologist, digital imaging expert and avid four-season outdoor athlete who moved to Alaska to enjoy his overlapping joys of hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing and photography.  Taz is author of numerous books and online training courses on digital imaging topics such as digital photography and Photoshop.  Taz also offers custom Alaskan photography adventures for those who would like to venture off into and shoot the great Alaskan landscape.  You can visit Taz at http://www.taztallyphotography.com/

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

I. Northern Kenai

1. Byron Glacier
2. Gull Rock
3. Hope Point Ridge & Summit
4. Resurrection Pass
5. Devils Pass
6. Summit Creek
7. Crescent Creek & Lake
8. Carter Lake
9. Johnson Pass

II Northeast Kenai

10. Lost Lake
11. Primrose Creek
12. Ptarmigan Creek & Lake
13. Resurrection River
14. Exit Glacier
15. Harding Ice Field
16. Mount Marathon
17. Caines Head
18. Caines Head Alpine

III Central Kenai

19. Hideout
20. Kenai River
21. Hidden Creek
22. Skilak Lookout & Bear Mountain
23. Seven Lakes
24. Skyline Trail and Alpine Traverse
25. Fuller Lakes and Alpine Traverse
26. Russian Lakes

IV  Southeast Kenai - Homer & Anchor Point

27. Bishops Beach & Homer Spit
28. Bishops Beach to Diamond Beach
29. Diamond Gulch & Beach
30. Homestead-Demonstrations Forest
31. Crossman Ridge (Homestead Extension)
32. Calvin and Coyle
33. Anchor Point Beach

V   Southeast Kenai - Across Kachemak Bak

34. Red Mountain
35. Tutka Lake
36. Grace Ridge
37. Sadie Knob
38. Wosnesenski River
39. China Poot/Leisure Lake
40. Poot Peak Hike & Climb
41. Moose Valley
42. Coalition Loop
43. Goat Rope Spur
44. Alpine Ridge
45. Saddle Trail to Grewingk Glacier Lake
46. Glacier Spit to Grewingk Glacier Lake
47. Grewingk Glacier
48. Humpy Creek South to Glacier Spit
49. Humpy Creek North to Mallard Bay
50. Emerald Lake

Glossary
Index