" Featuring a fresh design and the most recent route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas. Located in the interior of British Columbia, stretching from Grindrod in the north to Vernon in the south and situated between the Okanagan Valley and the Shuswap, the stunning and open terrain covered by Popular Day Hikes 3 includes 39 popular routes. With little need for rigorous bushwhacking or risky scrambling, the hikes detailed in this new book will offer users at all levels of ability the opportunity to experience semi-desert landscapes, lakeside vistas and mountain views. Along the way, outdoor enthusiasts are certain to encounter a diverse selection of trees, plants, flowering shrubs and wildlife. From hidden trails to well-trod pathways, Popular Day Hikes 3 is the only hiking guide available for this well-known recreation and vacation paradise. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings ".