Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs

by Gerry Roach

Overview

Celebrate the joys of climbing Colorado's highest peaks with this new full-color edition of the best-selling guide to Colorado's fourteeners.

Since 1992, Colorado's Fourteeners has sold more than 40,000 copies, a testament to its accuracy and completeness. Now in its second edition, this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes. Besides the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes many alternative and technical routes, with each route rated by grade, class, and snow steepness. Easy-to-read, full-color topographic maps and photographick overlays, cross-referenced to the route descriptions, make this the best book on the market for Colorado natives and visitors alike.

About the Author:

World-class mountaineer Gerry Roach is the second person ever to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. In more than 40 years of mountaineering, he has climbed in dozens of states and countries. Mr. Roach is the author of 3 other books from Fulcrum Publishing: Colorado's Indian Peaks, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Flatiron Classics. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641608121
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/24/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

In more than 50 years of mountaineering, Gerry Roach has climbed in dozens of states and countries, including 12 Alaskan expeditions, 10 Andean expeditions, and 7 Himalayan expeditions. After climbing Mt. Everest, he became the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Closer to home, Roach has climbed more than 1,200 named peaks in Colorado, including all the fourteeners, which he completed for the first time in 1975. Roach lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and climbing partner, Jennifer Roach.

Table of Contents

List of Maps iv

Preface v

Introduction vii

Safety First vii

Leave No Trace x

The Rating System xii

Datums and Coordinates xix

Goals xx

Colorado's Fourteeners xxiii

Chapter 1 Front Range 1

Chapter 2 Tenmile-Mosquito Range 64

Chapter 3 Sawatch Range 89

Chapter 4 Sangre de Cristo Range 170

Chapter 5 Elk Range 222

Chapter 6 San Juan Range 260

Appendix

In Defense of Mountaineering Guidebooks 339

In Defense of Feet 340

What Is a Peak? 342

When Is a Peak Climbed? 342

Peak and Route Lists 343

Colorado's Fourteeners Sorted by Elevation 347

Colorado's Fourteeners Sorted by Prominence 348

Colorado's Fourteeners Sorted by Quadrangle 350

Colorado's Fourteeners Sorted by Range 352

Routes on Colorado's Fourteeners Sorted by R Points 353

Index 370

Editorial Reviews

The new edition of this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes with 31 revised topographic maps, and 50 color photos and overlays. Along with the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes alternative and technical routes, rating each by grade, class, and snow steepness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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