Whites guidebook

[jfb]

One note on the White Mountain Map by Map Adventures, the contours are in metric but the summit elevations are listed in feet.

When I first bought one of those maps, I found the metric contour lines to be a pain. However, after a short time I realized that I could easily estimate hiking times by using a formula of 10 minutes per 100 meters instead of the "standard" 30 minutes per 1000 feet and the pain went away.

 

[4Khiker]

You will all be interested to know that Map Adventures is coming out with a new revised version of their waterproof White Mountains map. It should be in stores by the end of the month. It's my understanding that the map will be physically larger than previous editions, thus enabling the mapmakers to include Mts. Moosilauke and Cabot. The price will not change either.

 

[Orsonab]

I find the AMC guide and Steve Smith's 4000K of NH are excellent complements to each other.

Anybody know when the next edition of the AMC guidebook is coming out?

 

[--M.]

One note on the White Mountain Map by Map Adventures, the contours are in metric but the summit elevations are listed in feet.

When I first bought one of those maps, I found the metric contour lines to be a pain. However, after a short time I realized that I could easily estimate hiking times by using a formula of 10 minutes per 100 meters instead of the "standard" 30 minutes per 1000 feet and the pain went away.

This is true, and also that the peaks are listed both metrically and in English. The only time it's bothered me is when trying to do a crow's-flight mileage from Chocorua to the Mad River: the scale is delineated in kilometers (with a lame "1.6 mi.") and one must do actual math to derive the mileage. This isn't a problem on the actual trails, as they're marked. Other than this cavil...,

I love the AMC resources, but this map rocks theirs entirely.

--M.

 

[sapblatt]

That is a great map - of course I cannot fine mine...
I have seen a few issues with it (I do not have it in front of me right now - of course not - I lost it), but I seem to remember that the Log Cabin is depicted on the incorrect side of the trail line...I think some streams/rivers were off too - possibly Stony Brook (the one near Mount Tremont, not the one near Moriah.)

 

[4Khiker]

The next edition of the AMC guide will be published next year (2007) during the 100th anniversary year of the first guidebook.

 

[dvbl]

What's the best guidebook for someone who wants to start hiking in NH? I'll probably stick largely to the 4,000-footers.

These aren't books, but since you have access to the web, here are two excellent resources. Mohamed and Dave are probably too modest to plug their own websites, so I'll do it for them...


http://home.earthlink.net/~ellozy/


http://www.hikethewhites.com/