Afoot & Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park: 184 Spectacular Outings in the Colorado Rockies

Alan Apt, Kay Turnbaugh

Wilderness Press, May 18, 2015 - Travel - 360 pages

Afoot and Afield in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the most comprehensive hiking and biking books available. Alan Apt, author of the best-selling guidebook, Snowshoe Routes Colorado's Front Range, carefully describes 170 adventures for people of all abilities and interests. He includes everything from easy access Front Range lakeside strolls, to high mountaineering peak climbs. The book even includes sections called, Great for Kids (of all ages); that are less ambitious but highly satisfying, easy gambols in the natural world. The geographical scope of the book stretches from southern Wyoming to Colorado Springs, and west to Vail, Fairplay, and Independence Pass; with superb coverage of mountains, plains, canyons and riverside adventures. The books includes over 150 photos, and maps for every trail, as well as safety checklists, and how-to tips based on more than 40 years of outdoor experience.

Contents

• Introducing the Front Range Area: 1
• Comfort Safety Etiquette: 3
• Using This Book: 11
• Map Legend: 14
• Overview of Hikes: 15
• Plains Foothills: 23
• Plains Foothills: 55
• Mountains: 107
• Indian Peaks: 129
• CHAPTER 5 Nederland Area: 153
• South: 177
• East: 191
• West: 223
• CHAPTER 9 Fort Collins Area: 241
• CHAPTER 10 Poudre Canyon Cameron Pass Areas: 287
• CHAPTER 11 Red Feather Lakes Area: 329
• CHAPTER 12 Colorado State Forest: 337
• CHAPTER 13 Colorado Springs Area: 349
• APPENDIX 1 Best Trails for: 366
• APPENDIX 2 Recommended Reading: 369
• APPENDIX 3 Agencies Information Sources: 370
• APPENDIX 4 Conservation Hiking Groups: 372
• Index: 374
• About the Authors: 388
• Back Cover: 389

About the author

Alan Apt has been hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country and downhill skiing, biking, and backpacking in the Colorado Rockies for more than 40 years. He has been a Sierra Club volunteer and Colorado Mountain Club member for decades. He also volunteers with Special Olympics and is an adaptive ski instructor with Ignite at Eldora. He is a member of the National Ski Patrol with Bryan Mountain Nordic Ski Patrol. He has been a contributor to the Ft. Collins Coloradoan and Denver Post. He is the author of the best-selling guidebook Snowshoe Routes Colorado's Front Range (CMC Press). He is also a former Ft. Collins City Council member.

Kay Turnbaugh, an avid hiker, mountain biker, road biker, snowshoer, and skier, has lived in the small mountain town of Nederland, Colorado, for almost all of her adult life. She was the editor and publisher of The Mountain-Ear, an award-winning weekly newspaper in Nederland for 27 years. She has written three books, The Mountain Pine Beetle--Tiny but Mighty, a book for eight-to-twelve-year-olds which is also enjoyed by many adults; Around Nederland, a book about Nederland's history; and The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls, a biography of Goldie Griffith, who rode bucking broncos for Buffalo Bill, trained war dogs, ranched near Nederland, ran restaurants, and re-invented herself whenever necessary. The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls won a Willa Literary Award in 2010 for Creative Nonfiction.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Afoot & Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park: 184 Spectacular Outings in the Colorado Rockies; Afoot & Afield
• Authors: Alan Apt, Kay Turnbaugh
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Wilderness Press, 2015
• ISBN: 0899977561, 9780899977560
• Length: 360 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Activities; Sports & Recreation / Camping; Sports & Recreation / Hiking; Travel / Special Interest / Hikes & Walks; Travel / United States / West / Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)