Guide To The Colorado Mountains

Guide to the Colorado Mountains, 10th Edition compiles updated route descriptions for more than 1,500 hiking and climbing destinations-peaks, passes, lakes, and trails- from the expert trip leaders of the Colorado Mountain Club.

In a landscape like the Colorado Rockies, nearly every route is, by luck and necessity, the scenic route. Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies leads travelers into the Colorado high country with guidance from trusted local adventurers and wilderness guides. This handsome volume features a deep dedicated section of wide-ranging trail selections and backcountry wisdom, while also covering gold mining, hot springs, Indigenous history, the fate of wolves and grizzlies, the best mountain town burgers and beers, and much more. Readers will discover mountain stories, travel intel & modern lore including: A full guide to hiking in the Rocky Mountains, from gear and safety tips to curated day trips and scaling fourteeners Seven scenic drives for mountain-fresh air and visually stunning landscapes Where to find the best tacos, fry bread, steakhouses and sandwich joints Nightcap recs, from historic saloons and ghost town bars to top-shelf après ski cocktails Statewide guide to gear outfitters and fly fishing shops Historical musings on Ute history, sandhill cranes, the Gold Rush, hot springs of note, and local flora & fauna A 5-day road trip to experience the best of Colorado Stories and insights from local trail runners, writers, artists, Indigenous historians, trail designers, scientists and conservationists Fresh new essays by authors Krista Langlois and Aaron A. Abeyta Legacy excerpts from Isabella Bird, Enos A. Mills and Zebulon Pike Contributors include world-champion mountain runner Joseph Gray, writer Pam Houston, forestry technician and trail designer Loretta McEllhiney, hermitic scientist Billy Barr and poet and Antonito mayor Aaron Abeyta.

Colorado has 53 14ers, more than 600 13ers, and hundreds of other peaks that can be reached without special equipment or expertise. Numerous guides dryly catalog these trails, but Best Summit Hikes in Colorado stands out from them all. Author James Dziezynski has meticulously selected 80+ of the state's absolute best peaks in more than 50 superlative hikes, and his opinionated narrative brings each route to life. Each summit is included because of a notable feature--whether it's the site of a ghost mine or airplane wreckage, has thundering waterfalls or colorful floral meadows, is the best summit for spotting wildlife or bringing out-of-town friends, or is very accessible. Some peaks offer unique opportunities, such as a trailhead accessible only via a steam-powered railroad. Several summits are described in no other publication. Covering all Colorado's major mountain ranges, including the well-known Sangre De Cristo, Gore, Sawatch, Indian Peaks, and Maroon Bell wilderness areas to the lesser-known Grenadiers, Medicine Bow, and Outer San Juan peaks, this distinctive guide makes it easy to select exactly the right hike for the right day, the right mood, and the right companions.

Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.

For generations of outdoor enthusiasts, the authoritative source on Colorado's mountains has been this definitive guide. Now this new edition compiles updated route descriptions for more than 1,500 hiking and climbing destinations. 48 photos. 28 maps.

Additional Contributors Include John Spradley, Whitney Borland, C. William T. Penland, And Many Others.

The Colorado Trail is the only guide available for thru-hikers, day hikers, mountain bikers, trail runners, and equestrians to the extraordinary Colorado Trail that stretches 468 miles from Denver to Durango. The completely revised 7th edition includes text and map revisions for several sections where reroutes of the trail have taken place, as well as 90 colour pictures, 28 segment maps, elevation profiles, integrated GPS waypoints, town maps and mountain bike detours of Wilderness Areas.The Colorado Trail (CT) is one of the premier scenic long trails in North America. It winds its way through endless fields of wildflowers to windy mountain passes, from wild mountain rivers and streams to winding trails through old growth forests. The CT crosses eight mountain ranges, seven National Forests, six Wilderness Areas and five river systems. Starting near Denver at 5,500 feet and ending near Durango at 7,000 feet, the CT gains and loses almost 76,000 feet in elevation over 468 miles. New to this edition are revisions of four of the 28-segment trail descriptions including sections 8, 11, 23 and 24.

The San Juan Mountains are awesome. No other range in the contiguous United States offers the immensity and diversity of the San Juans. Thirteen of Colorado's fifty-four fourteeners and twenty-nine of the state's one hundred highest peaks are located there. This guide offers descriptions of 145 peaks and 237 routes.