Other Books by Chris Santella Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die Visit http://www.abramsbooks.com/santella This little book is for Deidre, Cassidy Rose, and Annabel Blossom, and for everyone who’s ever been inspired to set out on a new trail. Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction THE DESTINATIONS 1 Alaska: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge RECOMMENDED BY ERIC RORER 2 Alberta: Banff National Park RECOMMENDED BY MICHAEL VINCENT 3 Argentina/Chile: Southern Patagonia RECOMMENDED BY BRADY BINSTADT 4 Arizona: Grand Canyon National Park RECOMMENDED BY JOHN MELVILLE 5 Australia/Tasmania: The Overland Track RECOMMENDED BY JAMES FUSS 6 Bhutan: Lunana Snowman Trek RECOMMENDED BY STEVE BERRY 7 Botswana: The Kalahari Desert RECOMMENDED BY RALPH BOUSFIELD 8 California–Eureka: The Lost Coast RECOMMENDED BY SETH LEVY 9 California–Yosemite Village: Yosemite National Park RECOMMENDED BY KARI COBB 10 China: The Three Gorges RECOMMENDED BY JIM WILLIAMS 11 Colombia: The Lost City RECOMMENDED BY NATHANIEL WARING 12 Colorado: Maroon Bells–Snowmass National Wilderness RECOMMENDED BY MARGIE COHEN 13 France: Vanoise National Park RECOMMENDED BY PHYLLIS GROVE 14 France/Spain: Pays Basque/País Vasco RECOMMENDED BY TANYA NYGAARD 15 Great Britain: Yr Wyddfa, Scafell, and Ben Nevis RECOMMENDED BY PETE ROYALL 16 Hawaii–Kauai: The Kalalau Trail RECOMMENDED BY CHARLIE COBB-ADAMS 17 Hawaii–Maui: Puu Kukui Watershed Preserve RECOMMENDED BY JEFF WALLACH 18 Iceland: Torfajökull RECOMMENDED BY DICK PHILLIPS 19 Italy: The Amalfi Coast RECOMMENDED BY ROBERTO STRIPPOLI 20 Japan: The Nakasendo Trail RECOMMENDED BY MATT MALCOMSON 21 Maine–Bar Harbor: Acadia National Park RECOMMENDED BY SHERIDAN STEELE 22 Maine–Millinocket: Baxter State Park RECOMMENDED BY BOB PEIXOTTO 23 Mexico: El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve RECOMMENDED BY MARK WILLUHN 24 Montana–Choteau: The Rocky Mountain Front RECOMMENDED BY M. A. SANJAYAN 25 Montana–Whitefish: Glacier National Park RECOMMENDED BY RANDY GAYNER 26 Morocco: The High Atlas RECOMMENDED BY MARK GORDON 27 Namibia: The Naukluft Trail RECOMMENDED BY KOBUS ALBERTS 28 Nepal: Annapurna Sanctuary RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN BAKER 29 New Zealand–Queenstown: The Milford Track RECOMMENDED BY SHAUN LIDDY 30 New Zealand–Queenstown: The Routeburn Track RECOMMENDED BY JEMMA KNOWLES 31 Nova Scotia: Cape Breton Highlands RECOMMENDED BY TOM WILSON 32 Oman: The Al Hajar RECOMMENDED BY TIM GREENING 33 Oregon: Mount Hood National Forest RECOMMENDED BY BILL AND DON PATTISON 34 Pakistan: Snow Lake RECOMMENDED BY DAN SHORT 35 Peru: The Inca Trail RECOMMENDED BY ALICIA ZABLOCKI 36 Rwanda: Volcanoes National Park RECOMMENDED BY JEANIE FUNDORA 37 Slovenia: Mount Triglav RECOMMENDED BY KIT WILKINSON 38 Sweden: The King’s Trail RECOMMENDED BY BOB CARTER 39 Switzerland: The Haute Route RECOMMENDED BY SEAN MORRISSEY 40 Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro RECOMMENDED BY ALLY BURNETT 41 Tennessee/North Carolina: Great Smoky Mountains National Park RECOMMENDED BY HEATHER SABLE 42 Texas: Big Bend National Park RECOMMENDED BY DAVID ELKOWITZ 43 Tibet–Khafta: The Kangshung Valley RECOMMENDED BY JIM SANO 44 Tibet–Lhasa: Lhasa RECOMMENDED BY JOHN ACKERLY