Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs

Gerry Roach

Fulcrum, 2011 - Sports & Recreation - 376 pages

A classic guidebook known for its accuracy and comprehensiveness, Colorado's Fourteeners has been updated to include GPS coordinates, revised topographic maps, expanded route details, and new descriptions reflecting alterations to trail access. Besides the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes many alternative and technical routes.

About the author

In more than 50 years of mountaineering, Gerry Roach has climbed in dozens of states and countries, including 12 Alaskan expeditions, 10 Andean expeditions, and 7 Himalayan expeditions. After climbing Mt. Everest, he became the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Closer to home, Roach has climbed more than 1,200 named peaks in Colorado, including all the fourteeners, which he completed for the first time in 1975. Roach lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and climbing partner, Jennifer Roach.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
• Author: Gerry Roach
• Edition: 3, illustrated
• Publisher: Fulcrum, 2011
• ISBN: 1555917461, 9781555917463
• Length: 376 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Hiking; Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering; Sports & Recreation / Walking; Travel / Special Interest / Adventure; Travel / United States / West / Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)