Colorado's Fourteeners, 3rd Ed.: From Hikes to Climbs

by Gerry Roach

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555917463
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Edition description:	Third Edition, Third edition
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	1,097,619
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 5.98(h) x 1.00(d)

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.

Table of Contents

	List of Photographs	iv
	List of Maps	v
	Preface	vii
	Introduction	ix
	Safety First	ix
	Leave No Trace	xiii
	The Rating System	xvi
	Goals	xxiii
Chapter 1	Front Range	1
Chapter 2	Tenmile-Mosquito Range	54
Chapter 3	Sawatch Range	76
Chapter 4	Sangre de Cristo Range	144
Chapter 5	Elk Range	186
Chapter 6	San Juan Range	216
	Appendix	275
	In Detense of Mountaineering Guidebooks	275
	In Defense of Feet	277
	Map Lists	279
	Difficulty of Easiest Routes	283
	*Classic* Routes	285
	What Is a Peak?	287
	When Is a Peak Climbed?	287
	Peak List	288
	Colorado's 100 Highest Peaks 13,800 Feet and Above	290
	Index	295
	About the Author	307

Editorial Reviews

The new edition of this climbing and hiking guide to Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes with 31 revised topographic maps, and 50 color photos and overlays. Along with the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes alternative and technical routes, rating each by grade, class, and snow steepness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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