Colorado's 14ers, 2nd Ed.: From Hikes to Climbs

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Author: Gerry Roach

ISBN-10: 1555914128

ISBN-13: 9781555914127

Category: Hiking & Backpacking - Travel Guidebooks

Since 1992, Colorado's Fourteeners has sold more than 40,000 copies, a testament to its accuracy and completeness. Now in its second edition, this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000–foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes. Besides the often–climbed standard routes, the guide describes many alternative and technical routes, with each route rated by grade, class, and snow steepness. Easy–to–read, full–color topographic maps and photographic overlays, cross–referenced to...

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This climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated. Booknews The new edition of this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes with 31 revised topographic maps, and 50 color photos and overlays. Along with the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes alternative and technical routes, rating each by grade, class, and snow steepness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

List of PhotographsivList of MapsvPrefaceviiIntroductionixSafety FirstixLeave No TracexiiiThe Rating SystemxviGoalsxxiiiChapter 1Front Range1Chapter 2Tenmile-Mosquito Range54Chapter 3Sawatch Range76Chapter 4Sangre de Cristo Range144Chapter 5Elk Range186Chapter 6San Juan Range216Appendix275In Detense of Mountaineering Guidebooks275In Defense of Feet277Map Lists279Difficulty of Easiest Routes283*Classic* Routes285What Is a Peak?287When Is a Peak Climbed?287Peak List288Colorado's 100 Highest Peaks 13,800 Feet and Above290Index295About the Author307

\ BooknewsThe new edition of this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes with 31 revised topographic maps, and 50 color photos and overlays. Along with the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes alternative and technical routes, rating each by grade, class, and snow steepness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \