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.

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

1. James Peak
2. Navajo Peak
3. Jasper Peak
4. Guardians of the Flatirons: Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and South Boulder Peak
5. Lead Mountain
6. Clark Peak
7. Mount Richthofen
8. Longs Peak
9. Mount Alice
10. Mount Ida?Chief Cheley Peak Traverse
11. Mount Chapin?Mount Chiquita?Ypsilon Mountain Traverse
12. Mount Sniktau?Grizzly Peak Traverse
13. The Citadel
14. Peak 1?Tenmile Peak Traverse
15. Pacific Peak
16. Mount Powell
17. Deming Mountain
18. Stanley Mountain and Vasquez Peak
19. Mount Elbert
20. Mount Sherman?Gemini Peak?Dyer Mountain Traverse
21. Mount Hope
22. Huron Peak
23. Mount Ouray
24. Carbonate Mountain?Tabeguache Peak Circuit
25. Mount Yale
26. Fools Peak
27. Mount Thomas
28. Mount of the Holy Cross
29. Bison Peak
30. Mount Zirkel
31. Hahns Peak
32. Geissler Mountain Rim Walk
33. Summit Peak
34. Hesperus Mountain
35. Mount Sopris
36. Treasury Mountain
37. Belleview Mountain
38. East Beckwith Mountain?Far East Peak Traverse
39. West Spanish Peak
40. Blanca Peak?Ellingwood Point Traverse
41. Mount Adams
42. Eureka Mountain?Hermit Peak
43. Chicago Basin 14er Circuit: Windom Peak?Sunlight Peak?Mount Eolus
44. Cross Mountain?Base of Lizard Head Traverse
45. Storm King Peak
46. Uncompahgre Peak
47. Redcloud Peak?Sunshine Peak Traverse
48. Golden Horn
49. Mount Sneffels
50. Lone Cone

Afterword: Hike Your Heart Out

Beyond the Book

Appendix A: ?Best? Hikes and Others of Note

Appendix B: Mountain Miscellany

Appendix C: Colorado's 100 Highest Peaks

Appendix D: Works Consulted/Recommended Reading

Index

"Now in full color, this guide to the Rocky Mountains covers all of Colorado's major ranges, including the Front, Sangre de Cristo, Sawatch, San Juan, and Mosquito & Ten Mile ranges. It includes some of the most famous peaks (Longs), some of the toughest (Storm King), and some of the most remote (Lone Cone). You'll climb the highest mountain in the state; visit the ruins of a town flattened by an avalanche; hunt for fossilized seashells more than two miles above sea level; and enjoy countless scrambles, ridge walks, and traverses through Colorado's stunning alpine scenery"--