{"id":453,"date":"2015-04-01T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/hiking-the-southwest\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:53:28","slug":"hiking-the-southwest","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/hiking-the-southwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking the Southwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1935396366\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1935396366&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkId=e8beabd8bb62ec479df7d195bcafdb5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Hiking the Southwest<\/i> provides recommendations for, descriptions of, and directions to the best hikes and adventures throughout the American Southwest. From canyoneering in Zion National Park and scrambling in Red Rock Canyon to hiking the highest peaks in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, <i>Hiking the Southwest<\/i> puts them all within reach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In <i>Hiking the Southwest<\/i>, Whitney provides detailed hike descriptions and extensive color photos of key landmarks; valuable information on the distance, difficulty, elevation gain, class rating and best season for each hike; and practical data on permits, lodging and camping, and GPS waypoints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click to read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HikingSW-Sample.pdf\"><strong><u>Hiking the Southwest<\/u><\/strong><\/a> excerpt.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Author<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Branch Whitney<\/strong>, also the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/hiking-southern-nevada\/\"><em>Hiking Southern Nevada<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/hiking-the-high-sierra\/\"><em>Hiking the High Sierra<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/hiking-las-vegas\/\"><em>Hiking Las Vegas<\/em><\/a>, has led more than 2,000 hikers to more than 100 different summits in southern Nevada and beyond. He has named over 25 peaks in southern Nevada and has found over 60 routes. His website (hikinglasvegas.com) is the primary source for hiking and mountaineering information for southern Nevada.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A guide to canyoneering in Zion, scrambling Red Rock Canyon, trekking to the highest peaks in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico,\u00a0and the rest of Southwest&#8217;s best hikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":309671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[138,378],"product_tag":[149,235,160,155,554],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}