Denver, Boulder, and the surrounding region in Colorado offer an amazing natural panorama for outdoors enthusiasts and contain some of the best hiking in the world. With such a bewildering wealth of hikes at your disposal, author Kim Lipker presents the reader with a variety of the very best trails in the area, most within an hour's drive or less. Including hikes near Fort Collins, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder is the only guidebook that pinpoints great hikes that are also close to home.
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978-0-89732-484-7 (9780897324847)
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James Dziezynski is the best-selling author of Best Summit Hikes in Colorado and Best Summit Hikes: Denver to Vail. His writing has appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Discover, Backpacker, The Bark, The Denver Post, Elevation Outdoors, and many other publications. He is an alumnus of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) and Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. James has climbed over 800 peaks in the state of Colorado, including all 58 summits over 14,000 feet. He lives in Boulder with his wife, Sheila, and their two rescue dogs, Mystic and Fremont.
Colorado native Kim Lipker is a guidebook author and has a regular parenting column in Rocky Mountain Parent magazine.
Table of Contents
Boulder (Including Foothills and Mountains)
Betasso Preserve: Canyon Loop Trail
Boulder: Marshall Mesa
Boulder: Heil Valley Ranch
Boulder: Mount Sanitas
Boulder: Walden Ponds
Chautauqua Park: Royal Arch
Eldorado Canyon: Eldorado Springs Trail
Gregory Canyon: Green Mountain Loop
Indian Peaks Wilderness: Arapaho Glacier Trail
Indian Peaks Wilderness: Devil's Thumb Lake
Indian Peaks Wilderness: Mount Audubon
James Peak Wilderness: Heart Lake
Walker Ranch: Walker Ranch Loop
Denver (Including Foothills and Mountains)
Alderfer Three Sisters Park: Ponderosa Sisters Loop
Barr Lake State Park: Lake Perimeter Trail
Bear Creek Lake Park: Bear Creek Trail
Deer Creek Canyon Park: Meadowlark Plymouth Creek Loop
Golden: Matthew Winters / Red Rock Loop
Elk Meadow Park: Sleepy S Loop
Evergreen: Evergreen Lake
Golden Gate Canyon State Park: Mountain Lion Trail
Lakewood: Green Mountain and Hayden Trail Loop
Meyer Ranch Park: Lodgepole Loop
Mount Evans Wilderness: Square Top Mountain
Mount Evans Wilderness: Mount Bierstadt
Mount Evans Wilderness: Mount Evans
Mount Falcon Park: Castle and Parmalee Trail Loop
Red Rocks: Trading Post Trail
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: Lakes Loop
Westminster Hills Open Space: Westminster Hills Trail
White Ranch Park: Belcher Hill Trail
North of Denver (Including Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain National Park)
Button Rock Preserve: Sleepy Lion Trail
Cathy Fromme Prairie: Fossil Creek Trail
Devil's Backbone Open Space: Wild Loop
Glen Haven: Crosier Mountain Rainbow Trail
Hermit Park: Kruger Rock Trail
Horsetooth Mountain Open Space: Horsetooth Falls and Horsetooth Rock
Lory State Park: Arthur's Rock
Rabbit Mountain: Eagle Wind Trail
Rocky Mountain National Park: Gem Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park: Lion Lakes / Thunder Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park: Longs Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park: Storm Pass Trail to Estes Cone
Rocky Mountain National Park: Twin Sisters
Round Mountain: Summit Adventure Trail
South of Denver (Including Colorado Springs)
Blodgett Peak Open Space: Water Tank Trail
Castlewood Canyon State Park: Inner Canyon Loop
Colorado Trail: Little Scraggy Trail
Douglas County Open Space: Glendale Farm Trail
Douglas County Open Space: Greenland Trail
Florissant Fossil Beds: Petrified Forest Loop
Garden of the Gods: Perkins Central Garden Trail
Manitou Springs Section 16: Palmer Loop Trail
North Cheyenne Canon Park: Lower Columbine Trail
Pike National Forest: Devil's Head Fire Lookout
Pike National Forest: Wigwam Trail
Pine Valley Ranch Park: Pine Valley Ranch Loop
Reynolds Open Space Park: Raven's Roost Oxen Draw Loop
Roxborough State Park: South Rim Trail
Waterton Canyon Recreation Area: Waterton Canyon
Afterword
Appendix A - Outdoors Shops
Appendix B - Online Resources
Appendix C - Hiking Clubs
Index
