The Best Front Range Hikes for Children

The Best Front Range Hikes for Children
Author: Tony Parker
Publisher: Colorado Mountain Club
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781937052065

An easy-to-use guide to 50 of the best Front Range hikes for children * Kid-friendly trail ratings and symbols * Detailed directions and full-color easily readable maps * Sidebars on historical and educational information, as well as activities children can enjoy on the way home from each hike Colorado's Front Range is a wonderful place to introduce children to the outdoors and hiking. From Fort Collins to Denver and Boulder and south to Colorado Springs, trails abound for kids who love spending time outside. This essential guide helps parents select age-and ability-appropriate trails at a glance with a handy rating system. Choose trails that are fun and just challenging enough for children between the ages of two and 16. From wheelchair accessible to more challenging trails, the 50 hikes that comprise this guidebook were selected for their variety, ease of access, unique natural beauty, educational opportunities, and proximity to some of the best known attractions along the Front Range, including the Platte River, Pikes Peak, Mount Evans, and Rocky Mountain National Park. Children may spot wild turkeys while exploring the Hornbek Homestead trail near Colorado Springs; enjoy trekking across the lands of an early settlement in the Bobcat Ridge Natural area near Fort Collins; or catch a glimpse of a bighorn sheep along the Waterton Canyon trail south of Denver.

Best Summit Hikes in Colorado

Best Summit Hikes in Colorado
Author: James Dziezynski
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0899977138

Colorado has 53 14ers, more than 600 13ers, and hundreds of other peaks that can be reached without special equipment or expertise. Numerous guides dryly catalog these trails, but Best Summit Hikes in Colorado stands out from them all. Author James Dziezynski has meticulously selected 80+ of the state's absolute best peaks in more than 50 superlative hikes, and his opinionated narrative brings each route to life. Each summit is included because of a notable feature--whether it's the site of a ghost mine or airplane wreckage, has thundering waterfalls or colorful floral meadows, is the best summit for spotting wildlife or bringing out-of-town friends, or is very accessible. Some peaks offer unique opportunities, such as a trailhead accessible only via a steam-powered railroad. Several summits are described in no other publication. Covering all Colorado's major mountain ranges, including the well-known Sangre De Cristo, Gore, Sawatch, Indian Peaks, and Maroon Bell wilderness areas to the lesser-known Grenadiers, Medicine Bow, and Outer San Juan peaks, this distinctive guide makes it easy to select exactly the right hike for the right day, the right mood, and the right companions.

Best Hikes with Kids Colorado

Best Hikes with Kids Colorado
Author: Maureen Keilty
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1594856885

CLICK HERE to download two free hikes from Best Hikes with Kids Colorado * Guidebook to Colorado hikes selected for kids and their parents * Previously published as Best Hikes with Children in Colorado, this guidebook has a new title, a colorful new design including two-color throughout, and all new maps and photographs * More than 15 completely new hiking routes, and all route descriptions thoroughly updated From short, simple hikes in the foothills of Denver and Boulder to more challenging trails up majestic 14,000-foot peaks, Best Hikes with Kids: Colorado shows how to hit the trail with ease. Veteran guidebook writer and hiker Maureen Keilty describes the best trails all over the Rocky Mountain State, with hikes near Grand Junction, Durango, Colorado Springs, Vail, Crested Butte, and all along the Front Range. This guidebook includes a "Getaways" list to the best family-friendly destination campgrounds, and playful advice on engaging kids with nature. **Be sure to "like" author Maureen Keilty's Facebook page for tips, pictures, articles, contests and more!**

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder
Author: Kim Lipker
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 089732885X

Denver, Boulder, and the surrounding region offer an amazing natural panorama for outdoor enthusiasts and contain some of the best hiking in the world. With such a bewildering wealth of hikes at their disposal, author Kim Lipker presents travelers with a variety of the very best trails in the area, and most within an hour's drive or less. Extensive key-at-a-glance information makes it easy to choose a hike based on length, difficulty, scenery, and more. 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.

The Best Front Range Trail Runs

The Best Front Range Trail Runs
Author: Tony Parker
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1937052184

An easy-to-use guide to 50 of the best Front Range hikes for children * Kid-friendly trail ratings and symbols * Detailed directions and full-color easily readable maps * Sidebars on historical and educational information, as well as activities children can enjoy on the way home from each hike Colorado’s Front Range is a wonderful place to introduce children to the outdoors and hiking. From Fort Collins to Denver and Boulder and south to Colorado Springs, trails abound for kids who love spending time outside. This essential guide helps parents select age-and ability-appropriate trails at a glance with a handy rating system. Choose trails that are fun and just challenging enough for children between the ages of two and 16. From wheelchair accessible to more challenging trails, the 50 hikes that comprise this guidebook were selected for their variety, ease of access, unique natural beauty, educational opportunities, and proximity to some of the best known attractions along the Front Range, including the Platte River, Pikes Peak, Mount Evans, and Rocky Mountain National Park. Children may spot wild turkeys while exploring the Hornbek Homestead trail near Colorado Springs; enjoy trekking across the lands of an early settlement in the Bobcat Ridge Natural area near Fort Collins; or catch a glimpse of a bighorn sheep along the Waterton Canyon trail south of Denver.

The Best Front Range Bird Hikes

The Best Front Range Bird Hikes
Author: Norm Lewis
Publisher: Colorado Mountain Club
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-03
Genre: Bird watching
ISBN: 9781937052560

Over 500 species of birds live in or visit Colorado and most can been seen along the Front Range.

The Best Urban Hikes

The Best Urban Hikes
Author: Chris Englert
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781937052522

"Within Denver's C-470 loop, numerous trails and neighborhoods invite exploration. Includees 30 hikes throughout the urban core, including Golden, Aurora, Westminster, Arvada, Littleton, and Thornton. Special coverage of the 9 Creeks Loop, a 41-mile urban hike on Denver's best trails." -- Back cover.

Colorado Trail 9th Edition

Colorado Trail 9th Edition
Author: Colorado Trail Foundation
Publisher: Colorado Mountain Club Guidebo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781937052331

The official--and bestselling--guidebook to one of North America's premier long-distance hiking trails

Best Hikes with Children in Colorado

Best Hikes with Children in Colorado
Author: Maureen Keilty
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1991
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780898862805

Including updates and changes to all existing trails and maps, this book features information on approximately 15 new trails plus wheelchair-accessible hikes. 70 maps. 95 photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Best Front Range Hikes

The Best Front Range Hikes
Author: The Colorado Mountain Club
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-06-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1937052230

* 70 hikes in Colorado's Front Range chosen for the beauty, variety, and the quality of the hike itself * A wide range of hikes, from easy to difficult * Complete trail descriptions, color photos, and maps The Front Range of the Colorado Rockies rises abruptly from the plains in a 150-mile stretch of foothills, rounded summits, and jagged peaks between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. The hikes in this book were selected by members of four major groups of The Colorado Mountain Club in an occasionally contentious process. After some heated arguments, quiet horse trading, and uproarious laughter, members decided on their favorites-so these really are the best hikes in the Front Range. Each description starts with some basic information about the hike, followed by comments on the hike by the writer/photographer, directions to the trailhead, and a complete route description, including pictures from the route and a color map of the trail.