Backcountry Adventures: Colorado

BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES
COLORADO
by Peter Massey, Jeanne Wilson and Angela Titus

This huge, full color, hard cover, guide covers
143 backcountry drives totaling 2,550 miles!
924 color and historic photos

This volume of the award- winning Adventure Series features Colorado's best backcountry drives, all thoroughly reasearched and suitable for anyone with a sport utility vehicle.

Contains vital information for safe and enjoyable travels across remote backroads and 4x4 trails:

"With the impressive amount of detail that is given to every aspect of this travel guide, you would expect the trail coverage to be better still - and it is." ..."The wealth of information makes it second to none, and the presentation makes it a pleasure to read." 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine

Contents
Introduction	Page
Before You Go Why a 4WD Does it Better · Using this book · Backcountry Driving Rules and Permits · Assessing Your Vehicle's Off-Road Ability · Four Wheel Driving Techniques · Special 4WD Equipment	9
Along the Trail Towns, Ghost Towns, and Interesting Places · Railroads · People · American Indian Tribes of Colorado · Events · Mining Operations · Animals · Plants	21
The Front Range Region (35 Backcountry Adventures) Sevenmile Creek Trail, Old Flowers Road, Moody Hill Trail, Crystal Mountain Trail, Storm Mountain Road, Old Fall River Road, Pole Hill Road, Pierson Park Trail, Bunce School Road, Middle St. Vrain and Coney Creeks Trail, Caribou Flats Trail, Switzerland Trail, Gross Reservoir Trail, Rollins Pass Trail, Central City to Rollinsville Trail, Kingston Peak Trail, Nevadaville Loop, Oh My God Road, La Salle Pass Trail, Badger Mountain Road, Rampart Range Road, Watson Park Trail, Dakan Mountain Road, Long Hollow Road, Winding Stairs to Ice Cave Creek Road, Balanced Rock Road, Schubarth Road, Hell Creek Road, Mount Herman Road, Pikes Peak Highway, Old Stage Road to Gold Camp Road, Mount Baldy Trail, Emerald Valley Trail, Phantom Canyon Road, The Shelf Road	162
The Northern Region (21 Backcountry Adventures) Echo Peak and Yampa Bench Trail, Cathedral Bluffs Trail, Baxter Pass Trail, Little Bookcliffs Wild Horse Trail, Rattlesnake Canyon Trail, Land's End Road, Granby Lakes Trail, Bar HL to Rifle Gap Trail, Buford Road, Sleepy Cat and Thornburgh Battle Trail, Flat Tops Trail, Coffee Pot Road, Red Dirt Creek and Derby Mesa Trail, Red and White Mountain Trail, Blacktail Road, Buffalo Pass Trail, Ellis Jeep Trail, Elkhorn Mountain and Stock Driveway, Farwell Mountain Trail, Muddy Creek Trail, Stillwater Pass Trail	214
The Central Region (46 Backcountry Adventures) Saxon Mountain Road, Guanella Pass Trail, Waldorf and Santiago Ghost Town Trail, Peru Creek Trail, Handcart Gulch Trail, Red Cone Peak Trail, Webster Pass Trail, Santa Fe Peak Trail, Deer Creek Trail, Radical Hill Trail, Saints John and Glacier Ridge Trail, Middle Fork of the Swan Trail, North Fork of the Swan and Wise Mountain Tail, Georgia Pass Trail, Glacier Peak Trail, Boreas Pass Trail, Shrine Pass Trail, Ptarmigan and McAllister Gulch Loop, Weston Pass, Breakneck Pass and Browns Pass Trail, Mosquito Pass Trail, Hagerman Pass Trail, Lincoln Creek Trail, Aspen Mountain Trail, Midnight Mine and Little Annie Trail, Taylor Pass Trail, Reno Divide Trail, Schofield Pass and Devil's Punchbowl Trail, Lead King Basin Trail, Old Monarch Pass Road, Black Sage Pass Road, Waunita Pass Road, Hancock Pass Trail, Tomichi Pass Trail, Cumberland Pass Trail, Alpine Tunnel Road, Tincup Pass Trail, Mount Antero Trail, Browns Lake Trail, Baldwin Lakes Trail, Boulder Mountain Trail, Pomeroy Lakes and Mary Murphy Mine Trail, Marshall Pass Poncha Creek Trail, Marshall Pass Railway Grade Road, Hayden Pass Trail, Medano Pass and Great Sand Dunes Trail	298
The Southwest Region (41 Backcountry Adventures) Engineer Pass Road, Nellie Creek Trail, Cinnamon Pass Trail, Carson Ghost Town Trail, North Fork Cutoff, Silverton to Animas Forks Ghost Town, Arrastra Gulch Trail, Silverton Northern Railroad Grade, Maggie Gulch Trail, Minnie Gulch Trail, Eureka Gulch Trail, California Gulch Trail, Picayne Gulch and Placer Gulch Trail, Silverton to Lake Como Trail, Prospect Gulch Trail, Crorkscrew Gulch Trail, Yankee Boy Basin Trail, Imogene Pass Trail, Ophir Pass Trail, Alta Ghost Town Trail, Black Bear Pass Trail, Brown's Gulch Trail, Bandora Mine and Clear Lake Trail, Cunningham Gulch and Stony Pass Trail, Old Lime Creek Road, Jersey Jim Lookout Loop, Gold Run Loop, Columbia Mine Trail, Kennebec Pass Trail, Junction Creek Trail, Transfer Park Road, First Notch Trail, Devil Mountain Trail, Summerville Ghost Town Trail, Owl Creek and Chimney Rock Trail, Uncompahgre Plateau Trail, Far Pond Trail, Dominguez Ridge Loop, Escalante Canyon Road, Dry Mesa Jeep Road, Escalante Rim Trail	430
Selected Further Reading	559
Index	563

8 1/2" x 10 7/8" Hard Cover
567 pages, four-color throughout
924 color and historic photos

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