{"id":6260,"date":"2026-10-13T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:34:27","slug":"afoot-and-afield-denver-boulder-fort-collins-rmnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/index.php\/afoot-and-afield-denver-boulder-fort-collins-rmnp\/","title":{"rendered":"AFOOT AND AFIELD: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, RMNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.9&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.kayturnbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/paper.jpg&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.9&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.9&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;184 Spectacular Outings in the Colorado Rockies&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;subhead&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.9&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px|||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px|||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;description&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.9&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px|||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px|||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\"><strong>Alan Apt<\/strong>, author of the best-selling guidebook, <em>Snowshoe Routes Colorado\u2019s Front Range<\/em>, and <strong>Kay Turnbaugh<\/strong>, author of <em>Around Nederland<\/em>, carefully describe 184 adventures for people of all abilities and interests. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">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)\u2014less ambitious but highly satisfying, easy gambols in the natural world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildernesspress.com\/home.php?xid=5f35a0101202a94bceb59217c36d1eb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilderness Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\"> 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.<\/span><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The new edition offers much more than the first edition, with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">184 trails, many of them new<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">60+ hikes within one hour of Denver-Boulder<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">33 peak summit hikes&#8211;20 mountain summits, 13 foothills<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">80 hikes with options for families with kids<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">43 hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">57 hikes to lakes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">65 trails good for mountain biking<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"freeText13934189597957908023\">80 trails good for winter sports<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; 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