Colorado's Tenmile-Mosquito Range Mountains
Title | Colorado's Tenmile-Mosquito Range Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Wolfe |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781734911213 |
This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in Colorado's Tenmile-Mosquito Range Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.
Colorado's Elk Range Mountains
Title | Colorado's Elk Range Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Wolfe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-06-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781734911220 |
This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in Colorado's Elk Range Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.
Climbing Colorado's Mountains
Title | Climbing Colorado's Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Joy Paul |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2015-10-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493014366 |
Climbing Colorado’s Mountains covers 100 peaks in Colorado across a range of abilities, including 12ers, 13ers, and 14ers. This guide includes detailed hike and climb descriptions, miles and maps, and color photos with ascent and descent routes for the most popular peaks in the state. Climbing descriptions also include history, local trivia, and trailhead GPS coordinates.
Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains
Title | Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Conners |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2014-02-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493017438 |
Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.
Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado
Title | Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado PDF eBook |
Author | Brittany Konsella |
Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2017-10-11 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1594858837 |
Whether you’re an experienced backcountry skier or intermediate snowboarder looking to ramp up your out of bounds expeditions, Brittany and Frank Konsella have the cred to guide you to the state’s special runs. Both have descended all of the state’s 14ers on skis and Brittany was the second woman to accomplish that feat. They know where the sweet lines are. Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado—part of the popular series—includes backcountry routes focused on the Front Range and the San Juans, with other routes in the Sawatch Range, Elk Mountains, Mosquito Range, and more.
A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners
Title | A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners PDF eBook |
Author | Walter R. Borneman |
Publisher | West Winds Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Colorado |
ISBN | 9780871088505 |
Now celebrating its twentieth year in print, this classic guidebook has helped thousands of ambitious hikers and climbers to summit as many of Colorado's fifty-four 14,000+ foot peaks as possible. For others, the guide has enhanced favorite weekend outings, where numbers of climbs matter less than the exhilaration of simply ""reaching the top""! In this twentieth anniversary edition, the foremost guide to the Fourteeners continues its longstanding emphasis on minimum impact routes and hiker responsibility. Walt Borneman is a founding director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, a non-profit volunteer organization that builds and maintains trails and teaches awareness about preserving these fragile alpine environments. Reflecting the group's goals, this anniversary edition offers climbers updated information about the established, minimum impact routes on each peak. Unlike other Fourteener guides grounded in technical mountaineering, this work continues to look at the place of each mountain in Colorado's history while focusing on the safest accessible routes. Time-tested route and elevation profiles, detailed maps, and captivating photos round out the volume. Twenty years after its first printing, A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners remains the authoritative guide to Colorado's majestic peaks.
Sunrise from the Summit
Title | Sunrise from the Summit PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn Randall |
Publisher | Farcountry Press |
Pages | 67 |
Release | 2015-03-31 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1560376201 |
Award-winning photographer Glenn Randall dedicated seven years to climbing each of Colorado’s 54 peaks over 14,000 feet with one goal in mind—to capture the glory of sunrise from each summit. His quest required hundreds of hours of planning and preparation, then scaling the peaks in the dark while carrying a pack loaded with camera gear. Randall’s reward—and yours—is this beautiful collection of unique and dramatic images that will put you on the summit just as the sun gilds the far horizon.