The Colorado Trail Databook - Paperback

by Colorado Trail Foundation (Author)

The essential lightweight guide for hiking the Colorado Trail, now completely updated with new trail survey data

• Detailed information for all 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, plus the 5 segments of the Collegiate West trail addition
• Color maps and elevation profiles
• Accurate mileages and distances
• Mountain bike detour routes

The eighth edition of The Colorado Trail Databook has been completely updated with new trail survey data. It features accurate trail mileages, maps, and elevation profiles, as well as new information on trail resupply towns. Written for the thru-hiker, weekend backpacker, day hiker, mountain biker, and horse rider, this lightweight pack guide is full of essential logistical information--trailheads, road crossings, trail intersections, stream crossings, water sources, campsite locations, viewpoints, and resupply towns--and can easily be carried in your pocket or backpack. Detailed information is included for all 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, plus the 5 segments of the Collegiate West trail addition and the 5 wilderness bicycle detours. Spanning 486 miles from Denver to Durango, Colorado-- with 81 additional miles of the Collegiate West addition-- the trail passes through six national forests and six wilderness areas, traverses five major river systems, and crosses eight mountain ranges.