State Hiking Series   Each guide includes: - Hikes suited to every ability - Accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails - Up-to-date trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cues - Detailed trail maps and GPS coordinates - Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, and best hiking seasons for each hike - Trail Finder for best hikes with dogs, children, great views, or wildlife viewing - Information on fees and permits, contacts, events and attractions, restaurants and accommodations, canine compatibility, and more - Zero-impact and wilderness safety tips and techniques   ***   This book covers the best day hikes and weekend backpacking trips in New Hampshire’s breathtaking Green Mountains. It takes readers to the most scenic hikes in the state, some well-known and others off the beaten path.

Lisa Densmore Ballard, who has been hiking the Green Mountains for more than thirty years, is the Emmy-winning host of Wildlife Journal (PBS) and a writer and nature photographer whose work has appeared in Backpacker, Her Sports, Vermont Life, and Vermont Magazine. Mark Aiken is a ski instructor at Stowe and a freelance outdoor writer. He is a recreational marathoner and triathlete. His work can be read in The New York Times, Vermont Sports Magazine, Around Concord, and Backpacker Magazine.