Ken Sanders Rare Books is pleased to welcome local writer Ashley Brown for an event celebrating her recent release through Mountaineers Books Urban Trails: Salt Lake City. Sunday, September 8, 2024 • 3-5 pm At Ken Sanders Rare Books 209 East 500 South • Salt Lake City, Utah (In the Leonardo Building) Brown will lead a presentation about local trails, take attendees on a guided walk in the area, and end with a book signing of Urban Trails: Salt Lake City. The event is free and open to the public. About Urban Trails: Salt Lake City Urban Trails: Salt Lake City will get residents, visitors, and hikers of all skill levels outside on more than 40 routes in the beautiful parks, canyons, and mountains in and around this fast-growing city. Whether readers plan to walk, run, or hike, this full-color guide offers a range of options from short, easy jaunts to more challenging all-day hikes. From the network of preserves and parks to rugged canyons and majestic Wasatch peaks just outside the city, readers will find choices for enjoying all that the area has to offer. This accessible guidebook includes detailed trailhead directions with public transportation details, information on the area’s wildflowers and flowering shrubs and trees, and amenities for each destination, including restrooms, picnic facilities, playgrounds, and more. Each hike also has highlighted trail distance, high point, elevation gain, and other details along with info for families with kids, dog owners, and winter. About Ashley Brown Lifelong Utah resident Ashley Brown hails from Pleasant Grove and spent her childhood playing in the foothills of Mount Timpanogos. Wilderness conservation is a crucial component in how she writes and recreates--walking, hiking, and running in the mountains for rejuvenation. Her writing has appeared in a variety of Utah-based travel and outdoor publications, including Utah Adventure Journal, Park City Magazine, Town- Lift, PCStyle Magazine, and Neighbors of Park City Magazine. She seeks adventure to fuel her stories with her husband Chris Brown, an AMGA guide, climbing rock and alpine routes, snowboarding and splitboarding, and catching some air on her wakeboard. About Mountaineer Books An independent, nonprofit publisher based in Seattle, Mountaineers Books has crafted award-winning books on outdoor recreation, sustainable lifestyle, and conservation since 1960 with the publication of Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, now in its 9th edition. Including imprints Skipstone and Braided River, the press has more than 650 books in print and/or e-book. New titles out this season include: Return of the Bison by Roger L. Di Silvestro, and Discovering the Outlaw Trail by Mike Bezemek. Learn more at www.mountaineersbooks.org, and join the conversation on Facebook @MountaineersBooks, Instagram @mtnbooks, and Twitter @MtneersBooks. More about Ashley Lauren Brown can be found at: https://www.pennedbynature.com/ Inquiries can be directed to: Hattie MacLeod, Ken Sanders Rare Books - hattie@kensandersbooks.com Ashley Lauren Brown, Author - pennedbynature@gmail.com Kate Jay, Publicist, Mountaineers Books - jnichols@westminsteru.edu