This updated book provides detailed information and spirited descriptions of the 50 best summit hikes in Colorado, personally hiked by the author.

Acknowledgments

Peak Locator Map

List of Peaks and Elevations

Preface

The Colorado Rocky Mountains

Safety in the Mountains

Hiking Ethics

Using This Book

The Hikes

Afterword: Hike Your Heart Out

Beyond the Book

¿Best¿ Hikes and Others of Note

Mountain Miscellany

Coloradös 100 Highest Peaks

Works Consulted/Recommended Reading

Index

Boulder-based author James Dziezynski is a mountaineer and explorer who has scaled more than 600 Colorado summits. He has climbed in the Arctic, Greenland, the jungles of several Caribbean islands, Mexico, the American and Canadian Rockies, and just about every US state. His work has appeared in Outside, Backpacker, Hooked on the Outdoors, Women¿s Adventure, Boulder Weekly, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Gamefaqs.com, and Mountain Biking, among other publications.