Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Summit County (Regional Hiking Series) [Paperback]

Maryann Gaug (Author)

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From the Back Cover

For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide® has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors.
Hiking Colorado’s Summit County Area features twenty-five of the region’s finest trails—from short day hikes to overnight backpacks. With this comprehensive guide, local hiker Maryann Gaug provides all the information you need to get the most out of hiking through this land of towering peaks, high mountain lakes, and flower-filled meadows.
Look inside to find:

Hikes suited to every ability
Detailed trail descriptions
GPS-compatible trail maps and route profiles
Mile-by-mile directional cues
Difficulty ratings, trail contacts, fees/permits information, best hiking seasons, and much more

About the Author

Silverthorne, Colorado resident Maryann Gaug is a devoted hiker and a Master of Leave No Trace. She writes for Cyberwest and Summit County newspapers and is the founder of About Wilderness, Inc. She is also the author of Hiking Colorado (FalconGuides, 2003).

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; 1st edition (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762736518
• ISBN-13: 978-0762736515
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #786,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Guide!, August 4, 2008

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This review is from: Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Summit County (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)

This hiking guide has everything you need to have a wonderful time on the trail. It has topo maps, elevation charts, and ACCURATE detailed trail descriptions. It was more up to date than some of the information we got from the ranger station!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hiking Summit County, right on target, September 7, 2008

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This review is from: Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Summit County (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)

Good up to date book on popular trails in Summit county. Hiked six trails out of the book. All information was spot on, with the exception of new bathroom facilities installed at some trail heads this year. Nice surprise for the wife. Directions were always good and checkpoints worked well. Shrine Mtn. was the best, followed closely by Lily Pad Lake trail. Difficulty ratings were appropriate as well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Hikes, Overall good guide book, Better maps would help., June 17, 2008

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This review is from: Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Summit County (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)

We've been on several hikes from this book and overall I'm quite pleased. The hikes are definitely very good (Lower Cataract Lake was great), and I like the breakdown of the hikes at the beginning of the book. The overview at the books beginning breaks the hikes down into difficulty levels and hike strong points such as "good for history buffs," "great views," and "good for wildflowers." I would like it if the maps would outline more of the hikes and how they branch off of each other, and I wish there were more hikes included as I know of quite a few more in the area, but overall I liked this book and would recommend it.