Day Hiking Trails: My latest hiking guidebook now on sale

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

My latest hiking guidebook now on sale

My latest book, Day Hiking Trails of the Chippewa Valley went on sale Monday. The book lists more than a hundred great family-friendly trails in Wisconsin’s Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn and Pepin counties. Among them are the Chippewa River State Trail, the Red Cedar State Trail, the Old Abe State Trail, and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Two state parks – Lake Wissota and Brunet Island – are explored as well. The book includes a bonus primer about day hiking essentials such as gear, clothing, navigation, and how to avoid various trail dangers. Day Hiking Trails of the Chippewa Valley is available as a paperback and as an ebook on Kindle/ Ebook versions for Nook, iBook/iPad, Kobo, and other formats are coming out later this month.

Learn about trail guidebooks available in the Hittin’ the Trail series.

Meet the Author

My name is Rob Bignell. I'm a long-time hiker, journalist and editor. My son Kieran and I have been hiking together for the past decade. Before Kieran, I taught middle school students in New Mexico and Wisconsin, served as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and worked in newspapers. I've won several journalism awards, from editorial writing to sports reporting. In 2001, The Prescott Journal, which I served as managing editor of, was named Wisconsin’s Weekly Newspaper of the Year. Currently I own and operate an online editing business, Inventing Reality Editing Service. After spending several years in Southern California, my son and I now live in Wisconsin on the scenic Red Cedar River.