Imagine walking through a national forest where there has never been a road, logging, or mining, where silence reigns and wild animals find secluded places to raise their young and survive harsh weather. Second only to fully protected wilderness areas, roadless areas are the most intact natural forests that remain in Colorado. This book is the first guide written specifically to help you find these precious Colorado roadless trails, some of which are still threatened by encroaching development. The roadless hike descriptions are intended for non-technical hikers and include photos, topographic maps, trail highlights, and wildlife viewing tips. The introduction provides helpful background about search and rescue, Leave No Trace ethics, and hiker preparedness, as well as information on how Colorado's roadless forests can be better protected. Hiking Colorado's Roadless Trails offers an overview of the ecology of Colorado's forests and why undisturbed forests also are crucial for the future of human communities.
Lace up your boots and head out for the hiking adventure of your life. From 14,433-foot Mount Elbert to 4,120-foot County Line Rise near Sterling, the highpoints of Colorado's counties span an incredible range of elevations. Hiking Colorado's Summits provides the information you need to find and climb all of the state's county highpoints as well as experience the high rocky ridges, wide open plains, spectacular deserts, and bustling urban environments of this beautiful state. Let veteran hikers and avid highpointers David Covill and John Drew Mitchler show you the top of this beautiful state. Inside you'll find: up-to-date trail and access information; maps, photos, and elevations profiles; helpful charts that provide highlights and difficulty ratings; background information on the summits and counties; easy-to-follow directions to the trailheads and beyond. Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you'll find trails suited to every ability and interest on Colorado's summits. (6 x 9, 312 pages, b&w photos, maps, charts)
Located in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Uncompahgre Wilderness offers wild country and spectacular vistas at elevations mostly over 8,500 feet. This book guides the reader to 32 hikes in the wilderness area, ranging from moderate day hikes to overnight backpacks and off-trail summit climbs. Topographic maps, detailed trail descriptions, and route-finding information make this book the perfect guide for discovering the Uncompahgre high country.
This hiking guide to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness offers more than 70 hikes to explore the length of the range. Additional information on geology, history, and wildlife round out this superb guidebook.
The 492,418-acre Weminuche Wilderness is one the largest and most spectacular wild areas in Colorado. Less than 25 miles northeast of Durango, the Weminuche offers a wide variety of hiking opportunities with sweeping tundra landscapes, alpine lakes, and breathtaking peaks. Hiking Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness is the best comprehensive guide to this outstanding wilderness area. Written for all types of trekkers, this book will provide you with detailed and accurate information about 39 hikes ranging from short strolls to overnight backpacking trips. Trips on viewing wildlife and other natural history notes are included, and detailed maps, elevation profiles, and trail finder charts make planning your hike a cinch. Whether you have a week to explore or just a day, make Hiking Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness an essential part of your trip to this spectacular wilderness area.
This completely revised and expanded edition features more than 50 new hikes among the 2,500 miles of trails that crisscross Florida from the Panhandle to the Keys.
Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country guides hikers to the most compelling destinations in southern Utah's spectacular canyon country. This second book in the new full-color WOW series covers 90 trails that epitomize the "wonder of wilderness." In their years of their research, the authors hiked over 1600 miles through Zion, Bryce, Escalante-Grand Staircase, Glen Canyon, Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Canyonlands, Moab, Arches, Capitol Reef, and the San Rafael Swell. They took more than 2000 photos and hundreds of pages of field notes. Then they culled their list of favorite hikes down to 90
Includes easy one-hour strolls along quiet nature trails, a trek along 80 miles of the Appalachian Trail, and medium-distance trails that suit many hikers.
Hiking Colorado's Roadless Trails (Colorado Mountain Club Pack Guides)
Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Su
Hiking Colorado's Summits, 2nd (Hiking Guide Series)
Hiking Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness (Hiking Guide Series)
Hiking Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
Hiking Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness
Hiking Florida
Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country (Wow Series)
Hiking Georgia, 3rd: A Guide to Georgia's Greatest Hiking Adventures (State Hiki
Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks, 3rd: A Guide to More Than 60 o
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