About the Author

Pack Guide series veteran Rod Martinez is the author guidebooks for Colorado Mountain Club Press, including The Best Moab and Arches National Parks Hikes and The Best Aspen Hikes. He was also the project manager for The Best Telluride Hikes and The Best Grand Junction Hikes. Martinez combines his two passions--landscape photography and hiking--to visually capture nature's beauty for the 20 hikes in this pack guide.