Title: Afoot and Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, RMNP
Summary:
One of the most comprehensive hiking and biking books available.
Alan Apt, author of the best-selling guidebook, Snowshoe Routes Colorado’s Front Range, and Kay Turnbaugh, author of Around Nederland, carefully describe 184 adventures for people of all abilities and interests. The book includes everything from easy access Front Range lakeside strolls to high challenging treks among the high peaks. Many trails are great for kids (of all ages)—less ambitious but highly satisfying, easy gambols in the natural world. Published by Wilderness Press. The geographical scope of the book stretches from the Fort Collins area to Colorado Springs, and west to Rocky Mountain National Park, Fairplay, and Independence Pass; with superb coverage of mountains, plains, canyons and riverside adventures. The new edition offers much more than the first edition, with:- 184 trails, many of them new
- 60+ hikes within one hour of Denver-Boulder
- 33 peak summit hikes--20 mountain summits, 13 foothills
- 80 hikes with options for families with kids
- 43 hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park
- 57 hikes to lakes
- 65 trails good for mountain biking
- 80 trails good for winter sports
Title: Ski Touring Routes
Summary:
- 95+ routes ranging from easy to challenging
- Full-color photos and topo maps
- Introduction to gear and avalanche safety
Title: The Mountain Pine Beetle—Tiny but Mighty
Summary: Imagine an insect as small as a grain of rice killing a tree that towers 70 feet above the forest floor. Seems impossible, doesn't it? Not when one mountain pine beetle joins forces with thousands of others to form an army of forest killers. In "The Mountain Pine Beetle: Tiny but Mighty," Kay Turnbaugh tells the story of how such a tiny insect has managed to change the landscape of our western forests. With lively text, vivid (and sometimes icky) photographs, plus engaging illustrations, "The Mountain Pine Beetle" tells us how these little buggers operate and how the forests manage to survive. Perfect for schools and libraries and anyone who wants to make sense of the world around them.
