Colorado Byways (Backcountry Byways) [Paperback]

Tony Huegel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Backcountry Byways | Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Experience the exhilaration of backcountry driving. Colorado Byways is your guide to adventure on 80 of the Centennial State's most beautiful and historic unpaved backroads. With detailed directions and maps, extensive how-to information, and fun facts for every trip, this glovebox-size travel companion will take you to alpine summits, deep river gorges, historic ghost towns, rock-art sites, and even a dinosaur fossil quarry.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Author Tony Huegel has produced some of the best guides that we've ever seen for those who really want to get away with the whole family. (Byways guides) all offer concise directions, clear maps and excellent advice on how to get the most out of your off-road adventure." -- Maryland Public Television's MotorWeek --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Colorado has one of North America's most extensive networks of scenic unpaved backcountry roads, many of them rich in history. With so many people now driving 4wd, high-clearance sport-utility vehicles, these often little-known and little-traveled adventure roads are finally accessible to just about anyone. This easy-to-use, glovebox-size guidebook is the most comprehensive backcountry touring guide available for the Centennial State. It depicts not just the scenery, but the history and culture of Colorado as well. You will find backcountry byways through the entire range of Colorado's diverse landscapes, from the river gorges of Dinosaur National Monument to the sky-scraping peaks and passes of the San Juan Mountains. It includes difficulty ratings, information sources, even campgrounds and relevant Internet Web sites. Most routes are rated easy to moderately difficult, although some, like Black Bear Pass, will appeal to adventure drivers who want more challenging 4x4 routes. Happy trails! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Press; Second Edition edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899973256
• ISBN-13: 978-0899973258
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,215,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best 4x4 guidebook I've seen yet. It's about time., June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Colorado Byways: Backcountry drives for the whole family (Backcountry Byways) (Spiral-bound)

My wife and I just recently bought this book (just bought a used Cherokee, too) and have only started using both. But we've found it to be the most relevant to our kind of four-wheeling, which is more sight-seeing than rock crawling, I admit. We'd seen the San Juans before, but never realized there were such incredible places elsewhere. We've especially enjoyed the wild horse preserve drives and the drives into Dinosaur National Monument. Really great stuff. Book seems very well researched, with lots of history, geology, etc. I recommend it highly.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB - but 2nd edition (July 2003) is same as 1999 version, August 26, 2004

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This review is from: Colorado Byways (Backcountry Byways) (Paperback)

This is an absolutely FANTASTIC and very informative 4-wheel drive/ off roading book on Colorado's most gorgeous and scenic byways!

I have the red, spiral-bound 1st edition (1999)- and I bought the new edition (July 2003) in hopes that more trails would be added and reviewed.

To my dismay, I compared all 80 trails in the first edition- as well as the second edition- I had both editions side by side-- and I saw no difference at all. They were both exactly the same!

No new trails were added. I was very surprised- thinking that a new edition must be different in some way.

If you are expecting something different from the previous edition- you don't need to get this new edition.

However, if you don't have the previous edition- I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting this book. It is an excellent book on Colorado's byways.

Here are the trails listed (exact same in both editions):

Trail#1: Sand Wash Basin Loop
#2: Echo Park Road
#3: Yampa Bench Road
#4: Buffalo Pass
#5: Old Fall River Road
#6: Rock Art Tour
#7: Cathedral Bluffs
#8: Sleepy Cat-East Beaver Loop
#9: Flat Tops Trail
#10: Buford-New Castle Road
#11: Moffat (Rollins Pass) Road
#12: Wild Horse Trail
#13: Mill Creek Road
#14: Horseshoe Basin
#15: Argentine Pass
#16: Shrine Pass Road
#17: Wearyman Creek/ Camp Hale
#18: Webster Pass
#19: Georgia Pass
#20: Santa Fe Peak
#21: Mosquito Pass Road
#22: Mt. Bross/ Kite Lake
#23: Boreas Pass
#24: Peak 10
#25: Hagerman Pass
#26: McDonald Creek Canyon
#27: Black Ridge Road
#28: Grand Mesa/ Land's End Road
#29: Crystal City/ Lead King Basin
#30: Aspen Mountain Loop
#31: Taylor Pass Loop
#32: Lincoln Creek Road
#33: Weston Pass Road
#34: Paradise Divide
#35: Dominguez Road
#36: Divide Road
#37: Dinosaur Quarry Loop
#38: Soap Creek Road
#39: St. Elmo to Tincup
#40: Mt. Antero
#41: Alpine Tunnel/ Hancock Pass
#42: Shelf Road/ Gold Belt Tour
#43: Phantom Canyon Road/ Gold Belt Tour
#44: Owl Creek Pass Road
#45: Alpine Plateau
#46: Blue Mesa Cutoff
#47: Sapinero Mesa Road
#48: Marshall Pass Road
#49: Hayden Pass Road
#50: Los Pinos-Cebolla Road
#51: Last Dollar Road
#52: Yankee Boy Basin
#53: Imogene Pass
#54: Lizard Head Loop
#55: Black Bear Pass
#56: Ophir Pass
#57: Engineer Mountain Road
#58: Corkscrew Gulch
#59: Clear Lake
#60: Placer Gulch/ Picayne Gulch
#61: Animas Forks
#62: Maggie Gulch
#63: Minnie Gulch
#64: Stony Pass Road
#65: Cinnamon Pass
#66: Engineer Pass to Lake City
#67: Hermit Pass
#68: Medano Pass Road
#69: Bachelor Historic Tour
#70: Wheeler Geographic Area Road
#71: Vista Variety Tour
#72: English Valley-Natural Arch
#73: Bolam Pass
#74: Scotch Creek-Roaring Forks
#75: Old Lime Creek Road
#76: La Plata Canyon
#77: Middle Mountain Road
#78: Elwood Pass-Beaver Creek
#79: Alamosa Canyon-to Platoro
#80: Pagosa Junction

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Someone's finally produced a guide for people who drive SUVs, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Colorado Byways: Backcountry drives for the whole family (Backcountry Byways) (Spiral-bound)

I'm no hard-core four-wheeler. I just like exploring backroads. I was glad to finally find a sophisticated guide that didn't involve winching, rock-crawling, etc. Good directions and maps.