This new, 4-color edition of the Colorado Trails series includes meticulous trail details for 867 miles of the region's best scenic backroads and four-wheel drive trails in southwest Colorado, near the towns of Silverton, Ouray, Durango, Telluride, Lake City and Creede. This edition contains 17 additional trails to its predecessor. Intrepid adventurers will see ghost towns such as Animas Forks, numerous old mines and mill workings, old railroads and stage lines along the 48 off-road routes. Directions include GPS coordinates and all trails are rated for difficulty, mileage, driving time, remoteness and more. Descriptions highlight ideal places to camp, hike, mountain bike, fish and sightsee. Histories recount the days of the Wild West.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Awesome Guidebook with tons of pics and GREAT adventures!!,
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This review is from: Colorado Trails Southwest Region (Paperback)
This is positively the most comprehensive guidebook for exploring numerous backroads around Silverton, Telluride, Ouray, Durango, Lake City - and generally the Southwestern portion of Colorado! There is so much detail in this colorful little book. The authors identify the old mines and ruins you see along the trails. There are history sidebars and TONS of photos. Mainly written for people driving SUVs, all the trails are rated for difficulty, although none of them are radically hard. Still, there is Black Bear trail that runs from Red Mountain Pass to Telluride, which is pretty challenging and they have included that with photos of the spectacular waterfalls along the route. Plenty of easy and moderate scenic drives make you feel like you are really exploring Colorado's fabulous backcountry. You won't get lost! It is really fun using this book to navigate the trails. GREAT quality, handy size, and highly recommended! It is by far the best book of it's kind I have found to-date. Backcountry Adventures Colorado (Backcountry Adventures)Colorado Trails North Central RegionColorado Trails South Central Region
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I have several Jeep trails books that cover southwest Colorado. This is by far the very best. It has more trails (not hiking, so if you don't Jeep, don't buy it, then give it a "1" rating); the maps are large scale, easy to read, and have color legends. They aren't marked-up, scanned Forest Service maps that don't reproduce well, as some of my books contain. The book has many photos, some in color, and many from historical archives that add to the understanding of where you are and where you are going. There are several sidebars that provide history of the locale and of the people who lived in or pioneered the area. The route descriptions are set up to go from either end of the trail, GPS coordinates are provided and you will not get lost. The trails that I am familiar with are described accurately, so I can assume that those I haven't yet explored are also accurately described. The book even references which maps are most useful for each trail, and the intro to the book provides excellent advice on 4-wheeling. If you're going to 'wheel the San Juans and the Escalante/Dominguez area south of Grand Junction, this is the book to get. And, the Amazon price is $6 less than the cover price!
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Book is well written, has beautiful pictures and is extremely complete as far as areas and descriptions. Delivery was prompt.
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route directions, junction road, golden fleece, more texte, zero trip meter, open mine portal, seasonal closure gate, cross through creek, cross over creek, silver crash, route commences, mine ruins, cattle guard, mine portals, backcountry campsites, unmarked track, proceed northeast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Animas Forks, Lake City, Special Attractions, Colorado Atlas, Recreation Atlas, The Roads of Colorado, Telluride Trails Illustrated, Animas River, Otto Mears, San Juan, Black Bear Pass Trail, Map References Colorado Benchmark Road, Southwest Trail, Engineer Pass, Mogul Mine, Aspen Loop Trail, Greene Street Silverton, Map References Colorado Colorado Benchmark Road, Clear Lake, Sunnyside Mill, Chief Ouray, South Pearl Street Bayfield, Cinnamon Pass, Minnehaha Basin, Kennebec Pass Browse Sample Pages:
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route directions, junction road, golden fleece, more texte, zero trip meter, open mine portal, seasonal closure gate, cross through creek, cross over creek, silver crash, route commences, mine ruins, cattle guard, mine portals, backcountry campsites, unmarked track, proceed northeast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Animas Forks, Lake City, Special Attractions, Colorado Atlas, Recreation Atlas, The Roads of Colorado, Telluride Trails Illustrated, Animas River, Otto Mears, San Juan, Black Bear Pass Trail, Map References Colorado Benchmark Road, Southwest Trail, Engineer Pass, Mogul Mine, Aspen Loop Trail, Greene Street Silverton, Map References Colorado Colorado Benchmark Road, Clear Lake, Sunnyside Mill, Chief Ouray, South Pearl Street Bayfield, Cinnamon Pass, Minnehaha Basin, Kennebec Pass Browse Sample Pages:
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