Exploring the people, places, and history of the Pacific Crest Trail as it ranges 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada, The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader brings together short excerpts from classic works of regional writing and boot-tested stories from the trail.[...]

The coursebook has 12 units covering factual topic from shopping trends to city transport. After every 3 units there is a review spread which practices the language that has been taught. The CD-ROM contains listening activities, grammar and vocabulary exercises, dictionary work and a writing section[...]