Colorado Trails South Central Region [Paperback]

Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

A NEW, full COLOR addition to the Trails series! This handy 6x9 book includes meticulous trail details for 30 off-road routes located near the towns of Gunnison, Salida, Crested Butte, Buena Vista, Aspen, and the Sand Dunes National Monument. You'll find scenic drives plus a whole lot more, including some of America's best mountain biking, hiking, camping, and fishing areas! This volume guides readers to ghost towns galore, where you can step back into the past while wandering through abandoned mining areas, old buildings, and even entire towns! GPS coordinates included throughout the book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Swagman Publishing (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930193297
• ISBN-13: 978-1930193291
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,854,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor organization, no maps, and missing tons of trails in this region, December 7, 2007

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I was excited to read get this book only to find many serious problems with it's organization, utility, and coverage of trails in this region. The region is very broad but the book only focuses on a very tiny area within the region. Within several hours drive from where I live in this region there is only one trail and it isn't even a trail. It's a well marked and maintained dirt road with portions even paved. What good is that?

There is no easy to read overview map to use as a quick guide for the book. I naturally expected this based on the hiking and backpacking books I have used in the past. Many times you don't already know the name of what you want to do but you do know the area you want to go, the difficulty of what you want to do, or the duration you want to do something. This book could take some great lessons from following the pattern of many successful hiking books such as the Afoot and Afield books.

I think having a book onhand is great but this book isn't the book to have on hand. You'll do better just guessing where you want to go.