Hiking Trails of Southwestern Colorado: A Guide to Colorado's Most Spectacular Mountain Peaks in the San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests

This authoritative guide to Colorado's hiking paradise has been a best-seller among seasoned and beginning hikers alike for over ten years. Now in a completely new edition, Hiking Trails of Southwestern Colorado remains the most comprehensive and complete guide to the region that offers some of the best hiking in the world. More than fifty trips of varying length are described, including routes to six of Colorado's fourteeners. No hike in this book requires technical skills or equipment. This revised edition includes: new alternative routes and accesses; all-new material on the Colorado Trail; trip maps, photographs, and detailed trail descriptions. Author Bio: Paul Pixler is a retired professor of philosophy at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, and a former chairman of the San Juan Chapter of the Colorado Mountain Club. He divides his time between Durango and southern Arizona and is an avid hiker and expert on hiking trails of the San Juans.