PRAISE FOR THE ALPINE TRAILBLAZER

“In both layout design and content, Alpine Trailblazer is the very model of what a ‘user friendly’ outdoor guide should be.”
— The Midwest Book Review

“Often, guidebooks are either too dry to summon images of exciting historic and scenic interest or so chatty and banal that one hesitates to follow a prescribed route for fear of running into the author along the way. Happily, Alpine Trailblazer promotes a desire to experience everything in it.”
— Nevada State Museum Quarterly

The four books chosen as “A Good Read” for travelers to the High Sierra by California 2000, Official State Visitor’s Guide & Travel Planner: My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir; Yosemite & The Range of Light, by Ansel Adams; Alpine Trailblazer, by Jerry and Janine Sprout; Sierra Nevada Byways, by Tony Hugel.

“Check out Alpine Trailblazer, the new outdoor bible. Somehow the Sprouts have managed to condense enough information for a ten-volume work into one utterly useful book.”
— The Sundance Bookstore, Reno

“If you’re looking for one book as a guide to hiking from Yosemite to Lake Tahoe, this is it. Having personally hiked several of the trails they describe, it’s easy to see they know what they’re talking about. Their descriptions of trails, biking and boating are dead on in terms easy to understand with directions easy to follow.” — Diversions Magazine

Featured in Sunset Magazine, January, 2000. “This book is a mouth-waterer. I can’t stand not being able to hop in the car and GO!”

"Five stars. This book is beautifully designed and useful, useful, useful.”
— Amazon.com review

"Reverently, and often entertainingly irreverently, the authors of Trailblazer trace the wonders of scenic Alpine County so completely that one can’t wait to pull on hiking boots, skis, waders, cowboy boots or driving shoes and get on the mapped-out trails. Jerry and Janine Sprout cover the Alpine Sierra not only from a poetical and artistic perspective, but from an analytical, historical and scientific view.”
— Alpine Historical Society Review

“I have a lot of good outdoor guides for California, but my favorite is Alpine Trailblazer by Jerry and Janine Sprout. It’s the best of the Sierra.”
— Biran Beffort, Reno Gazette Journal

“Alpine Trailblazer is a compendium of all things outdoorsy to do and see in lovely Alpine County. I highly recommend it.”
— Highland Creek Journal Project

“A book for people who love the untouched environment of Alpine County.”
— The Nevada Record Courier

“Directions are plentiful and easy to understand. The authors also have a sense of humor.”
— Eclectic Book Reviews, New York

“Hiking at the top of the world! Written with a delightful sense of humor and revealing more than 20 years of research. Despite its levity in places, most of the information in Alpine Trailblazer is written as a no-nonsense, information-packed guidebook.”
— Sonora Press Democrat.

“Alpine Trailblazer is extremely well organized and filled with valuable information for day hikers, backpackers, mountain bikers, kayakers, sailors and fishermen. This new book will hook you on Alpine County.”
— Marin Independent Journal

Rated fourth best selling non-fiction title in Nevada on Amazon.com site. 2/2000