Cool On-Line White Mountain Guide.
This entry was posted on 8/6/2008 9:16 AM and is filed under Techinicalities, RSS 2.0.
The White Mountain Guide on-line.
As you may have read in this blog before, Marcy and I are revising our multi-sport guidebook, Discover the White Mountains. While we have always relied on the Appalachian Mountain Club's White Mountain Guide as our hiking "bible" in the region, this time around we are enjoying the new powerful on-line version of the guide. Simply search for a summit or other destination, and you are instantly rewarded with a trail map on your screen, complete with trail names and contour lines. The map is scalable so you can zoom in and out to any view you want and print the map out for your hike, and you can build custom routes which will highlight the trails on your trip. There is even a link to a Google Earth view of the location. The maps are derived from the AMC's very up-to-date and readable paper maps of the White Mountains that you can purchase separately or as part of the paper version of the White Mountain Guide.
In addition to the maps, the on-line version of the guide also provides suggested hikes, and has an on-line community where people post hike descriptions, trail conditions, and any current known safety warnings for the area. Cool stuff. You can try it out for free for 14 days, or subscribe for $15/year. If you are an avid hiker in new England, it's definitely worth the cost of 4 or 5 lattes. Here's the link: http://www.outdoors.org/publications/books/wmg/wmgonline.cfm?tr=y&auid=3875427
Until next time...
-Jerry
