The official guide to Colorado's 10th Mountain Hut and Trail System covers the most extensive backcountry ski system of its kind in the country. Hundreds of miles of trails connect the 20 huts and private accommodations located between Aspen, Vail, and Leadville. This book contains everything that a skier must know to use the huts: directions to trailheads, descriptions of ski routes to the huts, GPS coordinates for both huts & trailheads, reference maps, checklists for equipment and clothing, safety guidelines, and more.
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Colorado's magnificent backcountry, once almost inaccessible in winter, is now more open to skiers through use of the 10th Mountain Hut & Trail System. Colorado 10th Mountain Huts & Trails is the official guide to America's most spectacular hut & trail network. In this third edition, which includes the Eiseman and Benedict huts, you'll find such invaluable information as: Information on Trip Planning & Hut Use Reservation & Emergency Procedures Accurate Directions to All Trailheads Descriptions of Ski Routes to the Huts GPS Coordinates for Both Huts & Trailheads Reference Maps & Safety Guidelines Skiing Options near the Huts Equipment & Clothing Checklists Summer Use of the Huts
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Louis W. Dawson II has firsthand knowledge of the 10th Mountain huts and trails. Since school days in his hometown of Aspen, Lou has been climbing and skiing the mountains of Colorado. He's spent hundreds of days at the 10th Mountain huts, and is well known for being the first person to ski down all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks. The author of six backcountry ski books and numerous magazine articles, Lou is also a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He has been an instructor for Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School, and is a charter board member of Friend's Hut Incorporated.
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Good way to know what is there and how to use them.If you think you want to go, or think you want to go, or if you just want to know more about them, then you should own this book.
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Finding trailheads can be frustrating and time consuming, so follow directions carefully and allow extra time for false turns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cross country wax, nordic wax, bank sluffs, dropping traverse, plow turnaround, more downhill skiing, use your altimeter, timbered saddle, slide danger, referenced routes, feet round trip, follow reverse route, elongated park, climbing traverse, intermittent clearings, shallow gulch, route description, ski skills, flat marshy area, climbing skins, snow closure, put your skins, fine hike, glade skiing, avalanche terrain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hilliard Hut, Colorado Trail, Resolution Mountain, Vail Pass, Camp Hale, Woody Creek, Crooked Creek Pass, Peter Estin Hut, Skinner Hut, Shrine Pass Road, Wearyman Creek, Hagerman Pass Road, Harry Gates Hut, Red Cliff, Shrine Mountain Inn, Glacier Creek, Hunter Creek, Uncle Bud's Hut, Burnt Mountain Road, Main Range, Chicago Ridge, Margy's Hut, Lime Park, Janet's Cabin, Pearl Creek New!
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Finding trailheads can be frustrating and time consuming, so follow directions carefully and allow extra time for false turns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cross country wax, nordic wax, bank sluffs, dropping traverse, plow turnaround, more downhill skiing, use your altimeter, timbered saddle, slide danger, referenced routes, feet round trip, follow reverse route, elongated park, climbing traverse, intermittent clearings, shallow gulch, route description, ski skills, flat marshy area, climbing skins, snow closure, put your skins, fine hike, glade skiing, avalanche terrain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hilliard Hut, Colorado Trail, Resolution Mountain, Vail Pass, Camp Hale, Woody Creek, Crooked Creek Pass, Peter Estin Hut, Skinner Hut, Shrine Pass Road, Wearyman Creek, Hagerman Pass Road, Harry Gates Hut, Red Cliff, Shrine Mountain Inn, Glacier Creek, Hunter Creek, Uncle Bud's Hut, Burnt Mountain Road, Main Range, Chicago Ridge, Margy's Hut, Lime Park, Janet's Cabin, Pearl Creek New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Backcountry Skiing by Lito Tejada-Flores in Back Matter
- The Avalanche Book by Betsy R. Armstrong in Back Matter
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