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: Following In Their Footsteps
Summary: Discover why and how our best-loved trails were built. Learn about the back-breaking labor involved in creating our most-loved trails in the northern Front Range, and the stories of the people who made them, their love for the outdoors, their pursuit of wealth, their dreams, and their failures. Filled with tales of murder, innovative ideas, and daring deeds, Following In Their Footsteps will give you new appreciation for the trails you love, and new ideas for trails to explore. With Then & Now Photos and Maps
