Download or read book Day Hiking the Colorado Trail Volume 1 written by Kevin A Singel and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Colorado Trail with simple out-and-back day hikes. Most people know the Colorado Trail as a long-distance thru-hike that requires a month of high-elevation backpacking and the physical fitness that requires. Laura and Kevin break the trail into day hikes giving everyone the chance to enjoy this world-class trail, and then return to the comfort of their own bed! Day Hiking the Colorado Trail, Volume 1, provides 61 hikes along the first 183 miles of the CT. These hikes vary between 1 and 18 miles, with most of the hikes about 5 to 7 miles long. Each hike includes information about how to get there (including GPS coordinates), parking, features, terrain, length, and elevation. Learn where and how to access the trail and what you'll experience on your day hike. The authors have researched and visited every access point along the trail, not just the beginning and end of the CT "Segments". There are so many ways to enjoy the Colorado Trail, and we give you detailed information about what to look for along the way. We hiked every hike in the book, so all the tips and highlights are included here. Day hikers enjoy the Colorado Trail differently than thru-hikers, and this book helps them maximize their experience. Day hiking the CT usually involves an out-and-back hike, which means you see the trail and the scenery around you from different angles and in different light over the course of your hike. Day hiking makes it possible to hike earlier in the season, when the wildflowers are blooming at lower elevations. One of the best parts of day hiking the Colorado Trail is reveling in the autumn colors, long after most thru-hikers have stopped backpacking at Colorado's high elevations. Day hiking the CT can be especially quiet and peaceful, since few hiking guides or agencies point visitors to this sometimes-forgotten trail. Hike to sparkling streams, refreshing waterfalls, reflective lakes, glorious passes, and stunning views! In addition to immersing yourself in nature and wilderness, you'll be amazed by the Colorado history you'll experience on the Colorado Trail and the interesting people you'll meet. Thru-hikers come from around the world to experience this unique high-elevation trail, but you don't have to commit to the whole thing all at once. Day hikers can enjoy manageable bits of the trail at their own convenience. Follow in the footsteps of modern-day thru-hikers, historical miners and settlers, and the indigenous people who first set trails through Colorado's Rocky Mountains. This book is best accompanied by the FarOut app and the official Colorado Trail Guidebook, but you can also use this book independently. Coming soon: Volume 2, covering the rest of the trail.
Download or read book The Colorado Trail written by Colorado Trail Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised guide to the extraordinary Colorado Trail that stretches from Denver to Durango.
Download or read book Along the Colorado Trail written by John Fielder and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fielder llama-packed the 470 miles of the spectacular Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango. Here's your ticket to seeing the trail wind through the Colorado Rockies from home!
Download or read book The Colorado Trail written by Colorado Trail Foundation and published by CMC Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Along Colorado s Continental Divide Trail written by and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature photographer John Fielder and writer M. John Fayhee combine their extraordinary talents in this stunning new coffee table book that beautifully showcases the wonders of Colorado's Continental Divide. A memorable mountain journey that readers will want to relive again and again. 175 color photos.
Download or read book The Colorado Trail written by Colorado Trail Foundation and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The only Colorado Trail guide available for thru-hikers, day hikers, mountain bikers, trail runners, XC skiers, and horse people * 120 color pictures, 28 segment maps, elevation profiles, integrated GPS waypoints, town maps, and mountain bike detours of Wilderness areas * More than 50,000 copies sold The Colorado Trail (CT) is the premier scenic long trail in North America. It winds its way through endless fields of wildflowers to wind-swept mountain passes, from wild mountain rivers and streams to quiet 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. This eighth edition of the official CT guide has all the information a thru-hiker needs to plan and complete his or her trek. New to this edition are updated GPS waypoints, maps, and rewritten descriptions for the 28 segments, as well as new photographs of spots along the segments. Each segment provides distance, elevation gain, and an overview; a list of trailhead and access points; maps needed; a list of supply points; services and accommodations; detailed trail descriptions; a map; and an elevation gain and loss chart. Additional town maps and mountain bike detour maps (around Wilderness Areas) have been added where applicable. An extensive introduction includes information on planning, supplying, safety, mountain biking, regulations, and backcountry ethics--plus chapters on Colorado Trail heritage, natural history, and geology. At the back of the book you will find a graphic summary of the trail, equipment list, ranger districts with contact information, bibliography, and index.
Download or read book Colorado s Continental Divide Trail written by Tom Lorang Jones and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for both through-hikers of Colorado's more than 700-mile portion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and segment hikers doing a section at a time. Book jacket.
Download or read book Colorado Trail 9th Edition written by Colorado Trail Foundation and published by Colorado Mountain Club Guidebo. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official--and bestselling--guidebook to one of North America's premier long-distance hiking trails
Download or read book Best Hikes Colorado s Front Range written by Abbie Mood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are endless hiking options in Colorado, and the Front Range is one of the best areas to explore. Best Hikes Colorado’s Front Range highlights the top trails from Fort Collins down to Colorado Springs. The book includes a variety of hikes in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains for everyone from novice hikers to more experienced adventurers. Best Hikes Colorado’s Front Range offers 40 main hikes plus 8 bonus hikes ranging in altitude from 5,000 to 14,000 feet — all within driving distance of Fort Collins, Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Inside you’ll find: oWide variety of hikes oAt-a-glance difficulty ratings, trail contacts, fees and permits, local information, and much more oAccurate, easy-to-follow directions to the trailhead oDetailed trail descriptions, mile-by-mile directional cues, and GPS-compatible trail maps
Download or read book Day Hikes in Summit County Colorado written by Robert Stone and published by Ics Books. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Achievable Epic written by Jim Rahtz and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiple Award Winner: 2015 Outdoor Writers of Ohio "Outstanding Media Achievement and Best Series of Photos." Inside many of us, there is a need, often suppressed, to accomplish something epic. For those that backpack, the dream is likely a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Unfortunately, the reality is that spending six months on a hike is not possible for most. However, there is a truly epic adventure waiting on the Colorado Trail. And the good news is that it is achievable. This book is your window into the "most beautiful long trail in the world." Explore, along with author Jim (Simba) Rahtz, the challenges, rewards and laughs of preparing for and walking 500 miles through eight mountain ranges, six wilderness areas and some of the most incredible scenery imaginable.
Download or read book Uphill Both Ways written by Andrea Lani and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the West Longlist for Memoir/Biography One grouchy husband. Three reluctant kids. Five hundred miles of wilderness. And one woman, determined to escape the humdrum existence of modern parenting and a toxic work environment and to confront the history of environmental damage wreaked by westward expansion and the Anthropocene. In Uphill Both Ways Andrea Lani walks us through the Southern Rockies, describing how the region has changed since the discovery of gold in 1859. At the same time, she delves into the history of her family, who immigrated to Leadville to work in the mines, and her own story of hiking the trail in her early twenties before returning two decades later, a depressed middle-aged mom in East Coast exile seeking happiness in a childhood landscape. On the 489-mile trek from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail, Lani's family traveled through stunning scenery and encountered wildflowers, wildlife, and too many other hikers. They ate cold oatmeal in a chilly, wet tent and experienced scorching heat, torrential thunderstorms, and the first nip of winter. Her kids grew in unimaginable ways, and they became known as "the family of five," an oddity along a trail populated primarily by solo men. As they inched along the trail, Lani began to exercise disused smile muscles, despite the challenges of hiking in a middle-aged body, maintaining her children's safety and happiness, and contending with marital discord. She learned that being a slow hiker does not make one a bad hiker and began to uncover the secret to happiness.
Download or read book Colorado s Incredible Backcountry Trails written by J. David Day and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to hiking trails in Colorado's national parks and wilderness areas, illustrated with 350 full color photographs and trail maps.
Download or read book Divided written by Brian Cornell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a person hikes a long trail, they catch the bug, but does it get any easier the second time around? Four years after starting the Appalachian Trail with his brother, Brian takes to the Continental Divide Trail for his second thru-hike in familiar company. However, trail life is not always as rewarding and romantic as the pictures you see or second-hand stories you hear. "Divided" provides an accurate account of life on trail: what hikers ponder, eat, love, loathe, and the questions they tire of answering. Some moments are too short, some are painfully long while others are whisked away unceremoniously with the wind. Follow along on the journey as Brian navigates difficulties, successes and everything between while attempting to walk from Mexico to Canada.
Download or read book The Trail is the Teacher written by Clay Bonnyman Evans and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the author's 2016 thru-hike of the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail.
Download or read book Day Hikes in the Roaring Fork Valley and Beyond written by Warren Ohlrich and published by Who Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hiking trail guide for day hikes in the area near Aspen, Colorado, and Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Includes 52 hikes, mostly in wilderness areas. Descriptions of routes, directions to trailheads, maps, photos, and a section on wilderness and wilderness ethics.
Download or read book The Continental Divide Trail written by Barney Scout Mann and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Continental Divide Trail explores this iconic crown jewel of America's trails with more than 250 spectacular contemporary images, historical photos and documents from the Continental Divide Trail Coalition archives, and detailed maps. Readers can experience the trail as if their boots were on the 3,100-mile path. This beautifully produced volume makes accessible the highest and most remote of the three crown jewel trails--following the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide, the backbone of America. The Continental Divide Trail presents the full glory of this challenging trail in breathtaking images, ephemera, and maps. While untold thousands of day hikers take advantage of the CDT each year, thru-hiking the entire trail is not for the faint-hearted. In 2017, only 250 people will attempt to hike it end to end. The Continental Divide Trail is perfect for anyone interested in conservation, outdoor recreation, or American history, or for those who dream of one day becoming thru-hikers themselves.This is the first large-format book published in conjunction with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, and the breathtaking photographs make you feel as if you were on the trail. The book includes maps and rarely seen archival images, as well as a written backstory of this great trail. This photo- and information-packed book is a must-have for anyone who has ever caught the magic of the nation's rooftop, the Great Divide. It's an inspirational bucket list for everyone who wants to get outdoors--day hiker, backpacker, fisherman, hunter, and those rare souls--thru-hikers--who dare to attempt hiking it all in one go.With text by Barney Mann, who has thru-hiked all three Triple Crown trails, and a foreword by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, this book makes the trail come alive for both veteran hikers and armchair travelers alike.
