Exploring Colorado's Wild Areas: A Guide for Hikers, Backpackers, Climbers, Cross-country Skiers, PaddlersThe Mountaineers Books, 2002 - 301 pages Discover 69 wilderness areas--including seven new ones--showcasing everything from mountains to canyons, rushing rivers to desert landscapesA comprehensive guide to Colorado's wild areas Totally updated and revised Includes 74 maps and 90 photosMuch has changed in the landscape of Colorado's wilderness designations since the first edition of this book appeared in 1992. At the newly designated Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, visitors peer into the depths of this narrow canyon that drops 2,000 feet to the Gunnison River below--and some choose to follow rugged backcountry routes down to the inner canyon. A trail in Spanish Peaks Wilderness, established in 2000, leads up one of these twin sentinels that rise above the edge of the high plains. Nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and standing up to 750 feet high, the dunes of the newly enlarged Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve are the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. Other recent additions to Colorado's protected lands include the Castle Peak Wilderness Study Area, Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area, San Luis Hills Wilderness Study Area, and Demaree Canyon Wilderness Area. Colorado is one of the nation's primary adventure-travel destinations, and both visitors and locals will find this book the most all-inclusive reference available to the state's wildness areas. From the state's high peaks to its spectacular canyons and deserts, Exploring Colorado's Wild Areas provides detailed information on seasons, flora and fauna, geology, history and activities. |
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Contents
Rocky Mountain National park | 27 |
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area | 34 |
Comanche Peak Wilderness Area | 40 |
Cache la Poudre Wilderness Area | 43 |
Neota Wilderness Area | 46 |
Rawah Wilderness Area | 48 |
Never Summer Wilderness Area | 53 |
Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area | 57 |
South San Juan Wilderness Area | 171 |
La Garita Wilderness Area | 177 |
Weminuche Wilderness Area | 182 |
Piedra Area | 196 |
Powderhorn Wilderness Area | 199 |
Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area | 202 |
Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area | 204 |
Uncompahgre Wilderness Area | 207 |
Byers Peak Wilderness Area | 60 |
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Area | 63 |
Eagles Nest Wilderness Area | 65 |
Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area | 70 |
Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area | 73 |
Castle Peak Wilderness Study Area | 78 |
Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area | 81 |
Flat Tops Wilderness Area | 83 |
Mount Evans Wilderness Area | 91 |
Lost Creek Wilderness Area | 95 |
Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area | 99 |
Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 102 |
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area | 104 |
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area | 107 |
Mount Massive Wilderness Area | 114 |
Holy Cross Wilderness Area | 117 |
HunterFryingpan Wilderness Area | 122 |
Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area | 125 |
Maroon BellsSnowmass Wilderness Area | 129 |
Raggeds Wilderness Area | 136 |
West Elk Wilderness Area | 139 |
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Area | 147 |
Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area | 150 |
Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area | 152 |
McIntyre Hills Wilderness Study Area | 154 |
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area | 157 |
Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve | 165 |
San Luis Hills Wilderness Study Area | 169 |
Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area | 213 |
Lizard Head Wilderness Area | 216 |
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | 223 |
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area | 226 |
Adobe Badlands Wilderness Study Area | 230 |
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 232 |
Roubideau Area | 235 |
Tabeguache Area | 238 |
Mesa Verde National Park | 241 |
McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area | 245 |
Cross Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 247 |
Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 250 |
Sewemup Mesa Wilderness Study Area | 253 |
The Palisade Wilderness Study Area | 256 |
Colorado National Monument | 259 |
Little Book Cliffs Wilderness Study Area | 263 |
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Area | 266 |
Demaree Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 269 |
Oil Spring Mountain Wilderness Study Area | 271 |
Willow CreekSkull Creek Wilderness Study Area | 273 |
Bull Canyon Wilderness Study Area | 276 |
Dinosaur National Monument | 278 |
Cross Mountain Wilderness Study Area | 284 |
Diamond Breaks Wilderness Study Area | 287 |
West Cold Spring Wilderness Study Area | 290 |
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES | 294 |
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acres Status ACTIVITIES Hiking aspen backcountry Basin Beaver Creek bighorn sheep black bears boundary Campground Canyon Trail climbers Continental Divide Trail Cottonwood coyotes Creek drainage Creek Road Creek Trail Creek Wilderness Crestone Cross Cross-country Skiing dunes east Engelmann spruce feet Flora and Fauna Fork Trail Geology Gore Range Gulch Trail Gunnison National Forest hikers Lake Trail lower elevations Maroon Meadows Mount Evans Mount Zirkel Wilderness mountain lions Mountain National Park mule deer NATIONAL FOREST National Monument NF Topographic maps Pass Road Pass Trail Peak Trail Piedra pine and juniper pinyon pine Powderhorn Rawah reaches Reservoir Ridge rock Rocky Mountain National Roubideau route rugged San Isabel San Juan Seasons slopes snow Spring Stock Driveway subalpine fir summits terrain timberline Trail begins Trail climbs Trail follows trailhead Uncompahgre Valley Weminuche Wilderness Area Wilderness Area Location Wilderness Study Area Wildflowers Wildlife Willow winter Yampa
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Page 15 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 13 - Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the National Park Service (NPS).
Page 18 - In any case, however, the trees must be tall enough to get the food at least 10 feet off the ground and 4 feet from the tree trunk.
Page 24 - ... anticipate the limitations of every reader. Therefore, the descriptions of roads, trails, routes, and natural features in this book are not representations that a particular place or excursion will be safe for your party. When you follow any of the routes described in this book, you assume responsibility for your own safety.