Located in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Uncompahgre Wilderness offers wild country and spectacular vistas at elevations mostly over 8,500 feet. This book guides the reader to 32 hikes in the wilderness area, ranging from moderate day hikes to overnight backpacks and off-trail summit climbs. Topographic maps, detailed trail descriptions, and route-finding information make this book the perfect guide for discovering the Uncompahgre high country.
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Lace up your boots and sample more than thirty hikes in Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness - one of the state' most spectacular roadless regions. Experience high alpine parks leading to glacial basins of wildflowers; climb Wetterhorn, Matterhorn, and Uncompahgre Peaks to look over the northern San Juan Mountains; or follow the Ridge Stock Driveway over the grassy tundra above the tree line. Veteran hiker Bill Crick introduces you to all this and more.
Inside you'll find: up-to-date trail information; detailed shaded-relief trail maps; accurate directions from major access points; difficulty ratings for each hike; zero-impact camping tips.
Whether you're a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you'll find trails suited to every ability and interest throughout Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness.
Inside you'll find: up-to-date trail information; detailed shaded-relief trail maps; accurate directions from major access points; difficulty ratings for each hike; zero-impact camping tips.
Whether you're a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you'll find trails suited to every ability and interest throughout Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness.
About the Author
Veteran hiker and rock climber William B. Crick first became familiar with the Uncompahgre Wilderness during visits to nearby Ouray. He lives in Denver with his wife Cathy, a Colorado native and avid hiker.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Very helpful book,
By Grace (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hiking Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)
This part of Colorado was new to me. This book was an excellent introduction to the area. My husband and I will be returning to the area this summer with this book as our main guide. I may add a few topo maps to go along with it, but this is suggested in the book. It has a great deal of helpful information when describing the difficulty of the hikes, whether or not it is well marked or not. This information all helped for me to choose a couple of wonderful hikes. The book also lets you know which trails are more popular, therefore more crowded.
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Driver Beware!,
By John Backpacker (Sarasota, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hiking Colorado's Uncompahgre Wilderness (Regional Hiking Series) (Paperback)
Like the other Falcon hiking guides, this one covers all of the key route information - overall a solid reference work. However, in using it last month I encountered one important piece of misinformation that ruined an entire day. On p. 144 the author says that Alpine Road out of Lake City is "rough but passable in most passenger cars." Don't you believe it. You might make it, then again, you might not. I'm not a bit shy about driving on unimproved roads in the mountains, but after six miles of white nuckles I came to the last of many points where I wondered if I would lose my transaxle, gave up, and had to back down two hundred yards to a turnaround. Do not go up this road without a high clearance vehicle, ideally one with 4WD. I had to scrub my trip out of the trailhead at the end of Alpine Road, and it leads me to question the other roads the author describes as "rough but passable in most passenger cars." Again, the book as a whole was quite reliable, but it lost two stars on that rock strewn road.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent reference for hiking in Colorado,
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At first we thought this book might be written by some lost Colorado hippie looking for his guitar. We were very surpised to find great trails that follow the beautiful Colorado mountains at there best. We will try the trails by Ouray first.
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