Backroads of Colorado/Your Guide to Colorado's 50 Most Scenic Backroad Tours. - Softcover

Norton, Boyd; Norton, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896583163 ISBN 13: 9780896583160

Publisher: Voyageur Pr, 1995

Synopsis

This is your complete guide to the most scenic backroads of Colorado: the secret routes and highways that lead you through the state’s most beautiful mountain ranges, alpine wildflower meadows, river valleys, ghost towns, aspen forests, and more. Let Boyd and Barbara Norton enhance your Colorado tour with their personal and colorful tales. They provide detailed directions for each backroad adventure, along with descriptions of the surrounding area, its history, and interesting points of discovery along the way. All the routes described in Backroads of Colorado are accessible by car. The authors also discuss which roads are suitable for mobile-home RVs and off-road four-wheel drive vehicles.

About this title

About the Author:

Boyd Norton is an internationally renowned outdoor photographer and writer. He has traveled extensively in documenting the world’s wild places and environmental issues. His previous books include the best-selling The Art of Outdoor Photography and Backroads of Colorado. His articles and photo essays have appeared in Time, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Audubon, Outside, Reader’s Digest, and the New York Times. Norton lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

Review:

"If you like to take your time, absorb the scenic grandeur of a wild place, and literally stop to smell the wildflowers, buy this guide. . . ." -- Family Camping

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyageur Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0896583163
• ISBN 13: 9780896583160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192