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Afoot and Afield Denver/Boulder and Colorado's Front Range: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide by Alan Apt β€” book cover

Afoot and Afield Denver/Boulder and Colorado's Front Range: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide

by Alan Apt
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Afoot & Afield Denver/Boulder & Colorado's Front Range takes hikers throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains and their foothills, rivers, and plains. Featuring more than 200 trips, from trails near the state's Wyoming border to Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, author Alan Apt maps out hikes both long and short, exploring trails accessible from Denver, Boulder, and other Front Range communities. Highlights summarize the best features of each trip. Easy-to-read maps, plus complete trip descriptions and hiking directions make sure that hikers find their way. With more than 200 hikes ranging from short dayhikes to long weekend treks each shown on a trail map, at-a-glance essential information-distance, time, elevation change, and difficulty rating and additional trail-use data such as which trails are suitable for children, dogs, horseback riding, and mountain bikes.

Synopsis

This guidebook takes hikers throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains and their foothills, rivers, and plains. Featuring more than 200 trips, from trails near the state’s Wyoming border to Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, author Alan Apt maps out hikes both long and short, exploring trails accessible from Denver, Boulder, and other Front Range communities. Each hike has it's own map, and includes essential at-a-glance info as well as additional trail-use data such as which trails are suitable for children, dogs, horseback riding, and mountain bikes.

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With this comprehensive hiking guide, Alan Apt (Snowshoe Routes: Colorado's Front Range) takes a warmer view of Rocky Mountain paths, drawing on his 30-plus years of backpacking experience in the area. A trustworthy trek companion.

Book Details

Published
March 1, 2008
Publisher
Wilderness Press
Pages
348
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780899974064

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