Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles A. Wells
Publisher: Funtreks Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 39304
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 285
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 096649766X
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.88
EAN: 9780966497663
ASIN: 096649766X
Publication Date: May 30, 2005
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Product Description
Completely redone second edition has been expanded to 75 trails....25 all new. Book includes detailed directions with GPS waypoints, 83 custom maps and over 425 quality photos. All trails are south of Interstate 70 and were redriven by the author. Twenty-five trails are easy, 25 moderate and 25 difficult. Easy and moderate trails are suitable for most stock sport utility vehicles.
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Got me there and back August 26, 2008
I recently purchased this book because I was going on vacation to Breckenridge, Colorado and could not find any decent trail maps on the web. The maps,mileage, and trail difficulty descriptions were accurate. I am looking forward to more excursions using this book as a guide.
Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A must have book if you are planning to 4-wheel or jeep these trails. Very helpful GPS waypoints included that can be used with your GPS to mark & find highlights along the trails.
 Pretty handy guide! December 30, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My wife and I went on vacation in Colorado and rented a Hummer to drive around in. I took this guide with us and we went on several adventures with it! It is pretty good, though some details were lacking and some trails hard to find. Overall, a great guide to seeing some back country in CO!
Worth Every Penny July 20, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've lived in Colorado since 1989 and have spent an unbelievable amount of time in the mountains here. I purchased the first edition of this book at a little gift shop at the top of Monarch Pass, gave it a permanent home in my Jeep, and I haven't looked back since. It's a fairly pricey book, but given the accuracy of the information contained within, not to mention the time and effort it takes to amass that information, it's worth every penny and then some. Mr. Wells has driven every trail personally, and the maps, presumably created from a fusion of USGS maps and personal observation are very clear and useful.
Apart from the individual trail guides, which are laid out cleverly using Colorado's ski slope difficulty symbols (green circle for easy, blue square for moderate, black diamond for difficult), there is a lucid and very in-depth introduction as well. This isn't a couple of hastily written paragraphs admonishing you to use caution and get out there and have fun, but rather a nearly 20-page essay on how to be a safe, conscientious, and well-informed backroad and trail driver. It's very useful and relevant information, thoughtfully and intelligently presented.
Bottom line: If you plan to explore Colorado's wonderful backroads and trails, buy this book, period. Give me this book, my GPS, camping supplies, food and drink, and my camera, and I could happily wander the Colorado Rockies in my Jeep for weeks!
wally's world March 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is the best trail guide that I have been able to find. I use an ATV as most of the trails are open for ATV's. The descriptions of the trails and directions to navigate the trail have been excellent. The distances to the turn points have been accurate. Mr. Wells is now writing books especially for ATVs and I can't wait.
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