I have a large library of travel books and picked this one up as a new edition travel book covering the area, which I plan to visit this year. I also have Moon books on the same region that are several years old, so I hoped getting a newer version from a different perspective would be insightful.
Unfortunately, it seems that the book tries to cover such a large region, that there are few actual details on many places as compared to the Moon books. For example, I am looking at visiting Kootenay National Park and it has but 3 small paragraphs of coverage.
It is well organized and if you want a nice read on the breadth of the larger area, it is fine, but if you want some deeper details to help plan a trip, it is a bit lacking. For that reason, I give it 3 stars.