Dozens of books discuss Alaska's wilderness and describe how individuals can explore it. Here are several of the most useful to hikers.
''55 Ways to the Wilderness of Southcentral Alaska,'' by Helen Nienhueser, Nancy Simmerman and John Wolfe. Mountaineers Books. The Alaska hiking classic is now in its fourth edition.
One of the Kenai Peninsula's trails, the Ptarmigan Creek trail takes off from the Ptarmigan Creek campground just off the highway north of Seward.
Evan R. Steinhauser / Anchorage Daily News
''50 Hikes in Alaska's Chugach State Park," by Shane Shepherd and Owen Wozniak. Mountaineers Books. This volume covers the 780-square-mile park adjoining Anchorage.
''Hiking Alaska'' by Dean Littlepage. It lists 100 hikes throughout the state. Comparison tables help readers pick a hike by length, access and type of natural features. Littlepage, former manager of the Iditarod National Historic Trail, has hiked, maintained, built, planned, protected and written about trails for more than 25 years.
''Walkabout Guide to Alaska'' by Shawn Lyons. The Daily News hiking and climbing columnist has published three volumes, covering trails on the Kenai Peninsula, along Turnagain Arm and in the Palmer and Hatcher Pass area.
"The Hiker's Guide to Alaska" by Evan and Margaret Swensen. This 205-page book describes trails in every region of the state.
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