Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona

Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona is published by Mountaineer Books, a nonprofit publishing company of the Mountaineering Club. The author lives in Phoenix and hikes with her dogs. Her personal experiences enhance the information provided. The suggested retail price of Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona is $16.95.

The author of Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona wrote this book for humans, with a keen focus on what's best for dogs. Sure, you're the one hiking, and the dog is along for the fun, but there are just as many considerations for Fido along the trail as there are for Fido's owner.

More than half the trails covered in Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona are less than 4 miles, and there are a good number in the easy category. It's important to remember that an easy hike for you might not be easy for Fido, and the author of Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona spends a significant amount of time discussing training and conditioning your dog for hiking, considering how the elements of the trail affect a dog, trail etiquette, first aid, required supplies and more.

All the hikes covered in Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona include distance, time, difficulty ratings, highest elevation, changes in elevation, best time of year, and a contact phone number for the entity responsible for the trail. There are fairly detailed directions for finding the trails, and many of the hikes have maps that give a general idea of the direction that the trail takes.

Of all the hikes in Arizona, why did the author of Best Hikes With Dogs Arizona pick these 72 trails? Each hike in this book is scenic and accessible from the major Arizona cities. They have shade along the way, and the terrain is easy on paws. Most of the hikes are day hikes, and the longer hikes that are included have a water source.