Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails
Revised and updated, this guide leads readers to 50 of the best snowshoeing and cross-country ski trails in Colorado—from Rocky Mountain National Park to Telluride.

Designed for everyone, from consummate skiers and snowshoers to beginners and families, Winter Trails will lead you to the best places to snowshoe or cross-country ski in Colorado. Be it a day trip or a two-hour jaunt, you can enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of winter with these 50 carefully researched trails. Each outing includes: information about the natural landscape, distance in miles, trail difficulty, surface quality, a rundown of proper equipment and clothing suggestions, and tips on safety, navigation, and trail etiquette. It also includes: point-by-point trail directions; detailed trail maps; driving directions to trailheads; rental facilities; food and lodging information; local lore and historical facts.

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Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails
Revised and updated, this guide leads readers to 50 of the best snowshoeing and cross-country ski trails in Colorado—from Rocky Mountain National Park to Telluride.

Designed for everyone, from consummate skiers and snowshoers to beginners and families, Winter Trails will lead you to the best places to snowshoe or cross-country ski in Colorado. Be it a day trip or a two-hour jaunt, you can enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of winter with these 50 carefully researched trails. Each outing includes: information about the natural landscape, distance in miles, trail difficulty, surface quality, a rundown of proper equipment and clothing suggestions, and tips on safety, navigation, and trail etiquette. It also includes: point-by-point trail directions; detailed trail maps; driving directions to trailheads; rental facilities; food and lodging information; local lore and historical facts.

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Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails

Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails

Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails

Winter TrailsT Colorado: The Best Cross-Country Ski And Snowshoe Trails

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Revised and updated, this guide leads readers to 50 of the best snowshoeing and cross-country ski trails in Colorado—from Rocky Mountain National Park to Telluride.

Designed for everyone, from consummate skiers and snowshoers to beginners and families, Winter Trails will lead you to the best places to snowshoe or cross-country ski in Colorado. Be it a day trip or a two-hour jaunt, you can enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of winter with these 50 carefully researched trails. Each outing includes: information about the natural landscape, distance in miles, trail difficulty, surface quality, a rundown of proper equipment and clothing suggestions, and tips on safety, navigation, and trail etiquette. It also includes: point-by-point trail directions; detailed trail maps; driving directions to trailheads; rental facilities; food and lodging information; local lore and historical facts.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780762782123
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/03/2013
Series: Winter Trails Series
Edition description: Third Edition
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,035,100
Product dimensions: 6.36(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Andy Lightbody is a regional editor for Fishing & Hunting News. He regularly contributes to the leading outdoor publications, and produces and hosts many outdoor-related television programs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Map Legend 16

Cameron Pass 17

1 Lake Agnes 17

2 Zimmerman Lake 20

3 Montgomery Pass 23

Rocky Mountain National Park 26

4 Bear Lake 26

5 Bear Lake to Moraine Park via Fern Lake 29

Steamboat Springs 33

6 Sarvis Creek 33

7 Stagecoach State Park 36

8 Rabbit Ears Pass 39

Front Range 42

9 Brainard Lake 42

10 Middle Saint Vrain/Buchanan Pass 46

11 Lost Lake 50

12 Mount Bierstadt 54

Grand County 57

13 Berthoud Pass 57

14 Second Creek to Broome Hut 61

15 Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa 65

16 Snow Mountain Ranch 69

17 Ski Granby Ranch 73

Keystone and Montezuma 76

18 Keystone Gulch 76

19 Peru Creek 79

20 Saints John 82

21 Deer Creek 86

Frisco and Dillon 89

22 Mesa Cortina 89

23 LilyPad Lake 92

24 North Tenmile Creek 95

Vail Pass 98

25 Shrine Pass 98

26 Commando Run 102

27 Corral Creek 106

Breckenridge 109

28 Boreas Pass 109

29 Peaks Trail 113

30 Francie's Cabin 117

31 Breckenridge Nordic Center 121

Copper Mountain 124

32 Janet's Cabin 124

33 Wheeler Lakes 128

Leadville 131

34 Tennessee Pass Cookhouse 131

35 Treeline Loop 134

36 10th Mountain Division Hut 137

37 Mineral Belt Trail 141

Aspen 144

38 Pearl Pass-Ashcroft to Crested Butte 144

39 Lindley Hut 149

Glenwood Springs 152

40 Babbish Gulch 152

Grand Mesa 156

41 West Bench Trail 156

Salida 159

42 Old Monarch Pass 159

43 Waterdog Lakes 163

Gunnison River Territory 166

44 Washington Gulch to Elkton Cabins 166

45 Crested Butte Nordic Center 169

46 Lottis Creek 174

47 Mill Creek 177

48 Waunita Hot Springs to Waunita Pass 181

49 Hartman Rocks Recreation Area 185

Telluride and Ouray 189

50 North Pole Hut 189

51 Lizard Head Pass 193

Appendix 198

Trail Index 213

About the Authors 214

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