4WD Adventures: Colorado- How to Explore the Remote Grandeur of Colorado Without Getting Lost - Softcover

Massey, Peter; Wilson, Jeanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966567552 ISBN 13: 9780966567557

Publisher: Adler Pub Co, 1999

Synopsis

4WD Adventures: Colorado provides all the information needed to explore Colorado's backcountry with the whole family. This is the most comprehensive and detailed book available for SUV owners wanting to enjoy the most interesting sights and scenery in Colorado.

For those who are just starting to tour off-highway, the book packages all the information they need into one volume. There is a wide range of trails, from easy to moderately challenging. The aim is to introduce readers to off-highway trails that are scenic, historic and safe. All the trails included in the book can be undertaken in a stock sport utility vehicle.

4WD Adventures: Colorado features extremely detailed, step-by-step directions for more than 70 4WD trails. Every trail includes maps, ratings for degree of difficulty and scenic beauty, driving times, distances. Beginners and experienced drivers alike will find the book easy to use. For high-tech gadget lovers, the book includes global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates to aid in navigation.

The book contains over 150 color photographs plus more than 50 historic photos. It is chock full of interesting, historical facts about the many ghost towns and mining camps that you will pass along the trail. The authors bring Colorado's history to life through their accounts of the exploits of sheriffs and gunslingers like Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday and the Reynolds Gang, the rise of instant mining millionaires like Horace Tabor and Thomas Walsh and the stories of American Indian warriors like Chiefs Ouray and Antero.

There are also dozens of photos and interesting write-ups about the animals and wildflowers you are likely to see.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Discover the most scenic and historic locations in Colorado 4WD Adventures: Colorado provides detailed directions for over seventy 4WD trails in Colorado, from easy to challenging.

Get the most out of your sport utility vehicle!

Explore the grandeur of Colorado's backcountry with the whole family. Visit ghost towns straight out of the wild West. Step back in history to the remote silver mining camps of the last century. Cross spectacular mountain passes used by American Indians for centuries. View Colorado wildlife in its own habitat. Marvel at peaceful alpine meadows, ablaze with summer wildflowers. Access the best locations for other activities: backcountry camping, hiking, mountain-bike and trail-bike riding, hunting, and fishing.

4WD Adventures: Colorado provides all the information you need: Step-by-step directions to guide you along Colorado's most remote 4WD trails; A broad range of 4WD trails suitable for anyone with a sport utility vehicle; Maps showing each trail to help you plan your route; Ratings for the degree of difficulty and scenic beauty of each 4WD trail; Driving times and distances for each trail; GPS coordinates for each trail; Detailed histories of ghost towns and old mining camps; Information and photographs to help you identify animals and wildflowers; Tips on four-wheel driving techniques

About the Author:

Peter Massey grew up in the outback of Australia. After retiring from a career in investment banking at the age of thirty-five, he served as a director of a number of companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. He moved to Colorado in 1993. Jeanne Wilson was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. She lived and worked in New York City as a young adult and has been a resident of Colorado since 1993.

Traveling extensively in Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa, the authors covered more than 80,000 miles touring throughout the United States and outback Australia in the past five years. They traveled more than 15,000 miles in Colorado to research their books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Adler Pub Co
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0966567552
• ISBN 13: 9780966567557
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232