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Done in a Day: Moab

Moab Hiking Trails

It's frustrating for a hiker to see how marginalized hiking is in Moab. Biking gets all the attention here, despite the fact that only on Moab hiking trails can you fully explore and appreciate the area's most spectacular canyon country.

Admittedly, biking on slickrock will instantly put a 1,000-watt grin on your face. A mountain bike allows you to play with gravity in ways that are impossible on foot. So do take a break from Moab hiking trails and go riding while you're here.

But even if you're a cyclist, and you're here to ride, choose one of the Moab hiking trails described in Done in a Day Moab, The Ten Premier Hikes and set out on foot. You're sure to have an astounding experience.

Actually, the book offers you 18 Moab hiking trails. One of the ten premier hikes, in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, comprises five options that, depending on time, energy and desire, you can combine or hike separately. Plus the book's introduction describes in complete detail four other hikes that missed the final cut but are indisputably superb.

Go to http://www.hikingcamping.com/photos-utah.php to see photos from Utah's premier canyon-country hiking trails including several near Moab.

Go to http://www.hikingcamping.com/hike-moab.php to read about Done in a Day Moab, The Ten Premier Hikes. No other book so quickly and emphatically proves that Moab hiking trails deserve to be as famous as Moab biking trails.