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Here are some of the great features of 105 Virtual Hikes of the Mt. Hood National Forest

105 Virtual Hikes, 105 Virtual Hikes of the Mt. Hood National Forest is a hiking guide available on CD. Although it was programmed to operate in a Windows enviroment, it appears to work well on Mac also. The guide has all of the usual features of any printed hiking guide, but the additional features of over 4300 trail photos. These images are viewed by moving your cursor along the camera icons on the trails. The photos were actually taken at the location indicated and not some random shot. This guide includes a hike difficulty calculator and a calorie burn calculator. The CD also has an outstanding wildflower guide organized by color. The common names are used rather than the Latin names. The CD also has a beautiful 100 image screensaver, which is available in both standard and widscreen. All 100 photos are also availble in both formats to be used as desktop images. Another significant feature of this hiking guide is the trail location guide. Not only are there excellent written directions for finding the trailheads, but each hike has a road map with mileages between intersections.