When do the 2010 guidebooks come out?

[ShelterLeopard]

Do the 2010 guidebooks actually not come out until 2010, or do they come at the end of this year? (Specifically Appalachian Pages and the regular AT maps and books)

[max patch]

The various handbooks (ap pages, companion, thru hikers handbook) come out mid-late January.

The state guidebooks with maps are not updated every year; new editions every 3 years plus or minus or so.

The companion is online at:

http://www.aldha.org/comp_pdf.htm

[ShelterLeopard]

Thanks very much- I found the link very helpful.