Download or read book Canyoning in the Colorado San Juan Mountains written by Ira Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canyoning is the sport of descending narrow canyon gorges, which have flowing water and rappelling through waterfalls. The canyons of the San Juan and West Elk Mountains in Colorado carve through colorful sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rock layers with an active volcanic geologic history. This guidebook explores technical descents of the waterfalls and narrows found in these spectacular mountain ranges surrounding iconic Colorado mountain towns including Ouray, Silverton, Durango, Pagosa Springs, Telluride, Marble, Lake City and Creede along the Silver Thread Byway. Once an oasis for the Utes, and later a center of silver and gold mining, the San Juan Mountains have become a destination for outdoor recreation. This guide offers a detailed introduction to these special canyons along with historical, ecological and geological information for the area as well as ethics and safety considerations for the sport. In addition to new canyon descents, this book contains updated information on classic Ouray and Silverton canyon routes, with new details about exits and anchors.
Download or read book San Juan Adventure Guide written by Jeff La Frenierre and published by Pruett Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will satisfy outdoor recreationists' thirst for adventure with descriptions of more than sixty scenic trails to hike, gnarly single tracks to bike, and winter wonderlands to ski. Covering the entire region of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, these trails are accessible from anywhere in the southwestern United States. Jeff La Frenierre is a professional cartographer and award-winning photographer. He shares his knowledge and appreciation for the awe-inspiring beauty and terrain of the San Juan Mountains. Each trail description begins with a profile that provides distance, elevation range, and trail conditions, and suggests the necessary maps to help navigate a safe journey followed by in-depth directions. Also included is an Adventure Locator at the end of the book, which is divided into four sections with maps and tables. This is a quick and handy reference for planning activities from day-long skiing excursions to afternoon mountain bike rides, with suggestions for base camps in the towns nearest to each trailhead.
Download or read book The Western San Juan Mountains written by Rob Blair and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete overview of the history and natural history of Colorado's most spectacular mountain region.
Download or read book Ouray Canyoning written by Michael Dallin and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ouray, Colorado has the highest quality alpine canyons in the United States. This intimate guide, now in its second edition, explores the waterfalls, narrows and tumbling cascades found in the spectacular mountains that surround Ouray. Enjoy adventures ranging from short trail hikes to full day technical adventures in the most beautiful canyons in the country. Filled with historical, ecological and geological information, this guide offers a grand introduction to Ouray's special canyons.
Download or read book Climbing Colorado s San Juan Mountains written by Robert F. Rosebrough and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Dream Called Home written by Reyna Grande and published by Washington Square Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true.” —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.
Download or read book The Eastern San Juan Mountains written by Rob Blair and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to The Western San Juan Mountains (originally published in 1996), The Eastern San Juan Mountains details the physical environment, biological communities, human history, and points of interest in this rich and diverse mountain system. A natural division between the eastern and western slopes of the San Juans is the north-south line that runs approximately through Lake City, south of the crossing of the Piedra River by US Highway 160. In this super guidebook, twenty-seven contributors--all experts in their fields--artfully bring the geology, hydrology, animal and plant life, human histories, and travel routes of these eastern slopes to life. Designed to inform researchers, educators, and students about the region's complex systems, The Eastern San Juan Mountains also serves as an informative guidebook to accompany visitors along their travels on the Silver Thread National Scenic Byway, which stretches between South Fork and Lake City. The Eastern San Juan Mountains deserves a place next to The Western San Juan Mountains on the bookshelf of every naturalist, researcher, resident, educator, student, and tourist seeking a greater understanding of this marvelous place and its history.
Download or read book Spirit of the San Juans written by Kathleen Norris Cook and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "SPIRIT OF THE SAN JUANS contains many of the most beautiful and unforgettable photographs that you will ever view. Noted photograher Kathleen Norris Cook spins a photographic tale of the people, the history and the soul of this majestic place. Discover the lure of one of the most spectacular, impressive and awesome mountain ranges in the world." ... book jacket.
Download or read book Golden Treasures of the San Juan written by John B. Marshall and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes lost treasures in the San Juan region of Colorado. Front endpaper map shows treasure locations in relation to modern roads.
Download or read book If You Listen written by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and published by Western Reflections Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning book of poetry and black and white photography will bring the awe-inspiring San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado to you in way you have never before experienced. The poetry flows like the sparkling mountain streams that Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer so vividly describes. By use of a specially designed printing process, the magnificent photographs of Eileen Benjamin are so sharp and clear that every little detail can be seen. This volume makes a perfect gift or a wonderful remembrance of one of the most beautiful spots on earth.
Download or read book Common Wildflowers of the San Juan Mountains written by Mary Menz and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 120 species of the most common wildflowers found above 8500' in these four counties of Colorado.
Download or read book Images of the San Juans written by P. David Smith and published by Western Reflections Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 rare historical photographs from the private collection of Ruth and Marvin Gregory with illuminating and historical narratives are included in this well-researched look at the history of the San Juan area Step back in time and see how the prospectors, miners, merchants, investors, and families settled the mining towns in the gold and silver-rich San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Venture into the mines with prospectors, ride the railroads along their painfully carved out railbeds, and share the catastrophes and celebrations of towns as the settlements are laid out, swept away by snowy avalanches or changing economies, then revived and begun again. Here is a true story of the awe-inspiring San Juan Mountains and its hardy people which you don't want to miss
Download or read book Bachelor Colorado written by Charles a. Harbert and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Creede, Colorado, had the reputation as a wide-open mining town in the early 1890s ("there is no night in Creede"), Creede's miners went two miles up the hill to nearby Bachelor to drink, gamble and enjoy the ladies of the night. Riches made at nearby silver mines during the day were lost in a night at one of the Bachelor's numerous saloons, gambling halls, and brothels. Among its 1,500 residents, nearly 200 prostitutes plied their trade nightly "Poker Alice" Tubbs, the notorious female gambler who dealt faro and played poker, said that Bachelor "ran ceaselessly at a most turbulent pitch. Ed O'Kelley--a Bachelor founder and its town marshal--murdered Bob Ford, the "dirty little coward" who had assassinated Jesse James just ten years earlier. World heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, lived in Bachelor as a child and probably began to learn his pugilistic skills here. Murders, violence, accidents and destructive fires were commonplace. One man killed his mining partner because he was getting too friendly with his daughters; another killed a man following a dispute over a "turkey shoot." Amid this turmoil, town residents also found time to go to the Bachelor Opera House, attend church, enjoy July 4th celebrations, or simply enjoy a walk in the spectacular scenery. Young children explored the hills and local mines in search of adventure--and found it. Read this exciting story of a ghost town whose candle burned brightly for a short period of twenty years only to return to its natural state as a high mountain meadow.
Download or read book Colorado Snow Climbs written by Dave Cooper and published by CMC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fly Fishing Southern Colorado written by Craig Martin and published by West Winds Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the majestic San Juan Mountains to the wide-open expanses of the San Luis Valley, few fishing areas rival the pristine beauty, diversity, and solitude of southern Colorado's rivers and trout streams. This guide thoroughly explores the region's watersheds: the Conejos, Rio Grande, San Juan, Piedra, Los Piños, Animas, and Dolores, as well as the still waters of high mountain areas. Included are detailed maps of the region and each watershed; area regulations and conservation policies; safety precautions, weather, and wildlife information; and a list of the region's important aquatic insects. For those willing to hoof it, southern Colorado's streams and rivers offer old fashioned, have-the-river-to-yourself fly fishing. But with this guide, even the roadside angler can find idyllic spots to cast a fly, making Fly Fishing Southern Colorado an essential guide for any angler interested in knowing and fishing ""the Little Switzerland of Colorado.""
Download or read book Geologic Framework of the San Juan Structural Basin of New Mexico Colorado Arizona and Utah with Emphasis on Triassic Through Tertiary Rocks written by Steven D. Craigg and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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