Jerry Sprout

Jerry Sprout, along with his co-author and wife Janine, have spent more than 30 years exploring the trails, beaches, and attractions of the American West. They live in the East Sierra, near the Pacific Crest Trail. Their first book, Alpine Sierra Trailblazer, has been in print for 25 years and covers from the north end of Lake Tahoe to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite. Their most-recent effort, Range of Light Trailblazer, starts in Tuolumne and covers the Sierra Nevada south to Mount Whitney—as well as the numerous Wilderness Areas to the east, all the way to include Death Valley National Park. Range of Light Trailblazer includes 31 maps and specific driving directions to backroad travel. The book took nine years to produce.

Trailblazer guides (28 books, including new editions) are one of the oldest independently published guidebook series, known for accuracy and a personal touch. Janine is a professional photographer and graphic designer. Jerry is a former newspaper reporter, and novelist. Their skills result in outdoor guides that are beautiful to look at and fun to read—as well as trail-tested

Other books in their Trailblazer Travel Book series: Kauai Trailblazer, Maui Trailblazer, Oahu Trailblazer, Hawaii the Big Island Trailblazer, No Worries Hawaii (a vacation planning guide), Golden Gate Trailblazer (San Francisco and Marin), No Worries Paris, a photographic walking guide.