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Best Easy Day Hikes Aspen (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)

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This is one of the best hiking books I've seen for the Aspen area. It's compact, hikes are easy to sort out by distance or time, directions and descriptions are perfect for first-timers. It's best to go easy when arriving at altitude or hiking with very young or older guests. This is a great resource to have on hand.

We purchased this book in preparation for a trip to Aspen with our children (one 4 year-old and 6-month old twins) in August 2008. We found the range of hikes helpful, although I was able to find additional information about a wide range of other hikes that might have been appropriate online. My wife was doing most of the guide-holding and route-finding and sometimes she found the level of detail of trail descriptions a bit annoying. One of the described hikes in Snowmass (East Snowmass Creek) was based on riding 2 ski lifts--which we thought would be perfect for getting our 4 year-old hiking up at mountain top--but actually only one of the lifts was operational during the summer. Presumably, the resort had changed their policy, but when we asked about the other lift and why they had stopped running it, everyone looked at us strangely and no one remembered when it had run.