Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

by Charles A. Wells (Author)

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"Guide to Colorado Backroad & 4-Wheel Drive Trails" is one of the best trail guidebooks we've seen to date. -- 4-Wheel Drive and Sport Utility Magazine

"Guide to Colorado Backroad & 4-Wheel Drive Trails" is one of the best trail guidebooks we've seen to date. --4-Wheel Drive and Sport Utility Magazine

Product Description
Completely redone second edition has been expanded to 75 trails....25 all new. Book includes detailed directions with GPS waypoints, 83 custom maps and over 425 quality photos. All trails are south of Interstate 70 and were redriven by the author. Twenty-five trails are easy, 25 moderate and 25 difficult. Easy and moderate trails are suitable for most stock sport utility vehicles. For complete trail listing and a look inside the book visit the FunTreks website.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 285 pages
• Publisher: Funtreks Inc; 2 edition (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096649766X
• ISBN-13: 978-0966497663
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Area Covered, February 5, 2006

By	D. Beaver "deb2153" (Matthews, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wasn't sure whether to order volume 1 or 2. I found this info:
Vol 1: "covers spectacular areas south of Interstate 70 including Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, Crested Butte, Aspen, Buena Vista, Vail, Leadville, Breckenridge, Idaho Springs, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Pikes Peak Region, Sangre De Cristo Mountains and Great Sand Dunes National Park."
Vol 2:"this book covers trails in Northern Colorado. Many trails are near Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins.Other trails are near Steamboat Springs, Grand Junction, Loveland, Nederland, Grand Lake, Winter Park, Central City, Rollinsville and Battlement Mesa."
I ordered volume 1 and we love it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Every Penny, July 20, 2007

By	Chad (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

I've lived in Colorado since 1989 and have spent an unbelievable amount of time in the mountains here. I purchased the first edition of this book at a little gift shop at the top of Monarch Pass, gave it a permanent home in my Jeep, and I haven't looked back since. It's a fairly pricey book, but given the accuracy of the information contained within, not to mention the time and effort it takes to amass that information, it's worth every penny and then some. Mr. Wells has driven every trail personally, and the maps, presumably created from a fusion of USGS maps and personal observation are very clear and useful.

Apart from the individual trail guides, which are laid out cleverly using Colorado's ski slope difficulty symbols (green circle for easy, blue square for moderate, black diamond for difficult), there is a lucid and very in-depth introduction as well. This isn't a couple of hastily written paragraphs admonishing you to use caution and get out there and have fun, but rather a nearly 20-page essay on how to be a safe, conscientious, and well-informed backroad and trail driver. It's very useful and relevant information, thoughtfully and intelligently presented.

Bottom line: If you plan to explore Colorado's wonderful backroads and trails, buy this book, period. Give me this book, my GPS, camping supplies, food and drink, and my camera, and I could happily wander the Colorado Rockies in my Jeep for weeks!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wally's world, March 8, 2007

By	D. Waltrip (Kansas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is the best trail guide that I have been able to find. I use an ATV as most of the trails are open for ATV's. The descriptions of the trails and directions to navigate the trail have been excellent. The distances to the turn points have been accurate. Mr. Wells is now writing books especially for ATVs and I can't wait.