<p>Oops. I guess I do cover the Bear Creek maps in my book. Inm out hiking now, and I honestly don't remember what's in the book1</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 29, 2012 1:49 PM, "Frank Gilliland" <<a href="mailto:frankgilliland@gmail.com">frankgilliland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey Step,<div><br></div><div>Yes the Bear Creek mapbook printed atlas is new. Colorado and New Mexico were available just last year and Montana and Wyoming are available just this year. Now you can purchase the complete 4 book set.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Yogi does cover the availability of the atlas mapbooks on page 71 of the 2012 CDT Handbook. Noted are the pluses and minuses of all of the maps and guides.</div><div><br></div><div>The alignment of the trail is the "Official" CDTA route. Jerry, hopefully can post what that means?????</div>
<div><br></div><div>They are a fantastic option and resource. The only factor for me to consider is that the single route does not show some significant alternates.</div><div><br></div><div>Whether you stick to the CDTA route or make your own is totally up to you. </div>
<div><br></div><div>A huge bonus to the CDTA map project is that Jerry has posted the entire waypoint file for each state along the official route. Thanks, Jerry!!!!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(105,115,53);font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:13px;line-height:21px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(233,236,207)"> </span><a href="http://www.bearcreeksurvey.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(204,51,255);text-decoration:none;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,51,255);font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:13px;line-height:21px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(233,236,207)" target="_blank">http://www.bearcreeksurvey.com/</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>If you have software to view track files, I have posted a rough backbone (Point to Point) track file that roughly follows along the Official CDTA route and also shows several major alternates (as shown on the Ley Maps)</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/frankgilliland/home" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/frankgilliland/home</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And NO, I haven't seen or used the Bear Creek mapbooks or used them in the field. If I was to do a CDT thru hike, I would most likely purchase them. Right now I have the last chunk from Butte, MT to Rawlins, WY printed from the J. Ley maps, so I'm ready to just get out there and walk......</div>
<div><br></div><div>StarMan</div><div><br></div><div>*************************************************************************************************<br><div><br></div><div><pre style>
Hello,
My apologies if this is a stupid question... Are the BearCreek maps brand new to the community? They are not mentioned or reviewed in Yogi's book so as a CDT newbie I was going to go for the Wolf books as advised by her book. I am wondering if anyone here (maybe even Jerry) can speak to or give some details on these maps.
Are they brand new to the community? Are they designed for thru-hikers? Are they written SOBO or NOBO?
Which "official" route is this? I noticed Jerry's work puts the official CDT route at 3008 miles - interesting.
If possible it would be great to also hear from anyone who used these on the trail:
Are the books designed to easily be torn up and mailed with out losing pages from each section?
How does the paper they are printed on hold up? How is the quality of the LuLu printing?
Thanks for any info. The decision on which maps to purse is an expensive an important one.
I like the fact they were created by an actual cartographer who has hiked the entire trail!
! I wanted to hear more today while this big one day sale is going on.
And Jerry, thank you! These books look great.
Step.
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