Insiders' Guide to Colorado's Mountains


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Featuring Summit County, Steamboat Springs, and the Vail and Aspen areas, this guide offers a detailed look at the best places for recreation, lodging, and dining in Colorado's Mountains. It also highlights a variety of outdoor activities like skiing, hiking, fishing, camping, golfing, rafting, and hot-air ballooning. Author Linda Castrone is a long-time Colorado's Mountains resident and an experienced writer.




Insiders' Guide® to Colorado's Mountains


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For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide® series has been the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information—from true insiders whose personal, practical perspective gives you everything you need to know. Whether you’re just zipping through Colorado’s mountains or settling into a new mountain lifestyle, there’s something enchanting about their out-of-the-way little valleys, high alpine meadows, old mining towns, and, yes, modern ski megalopolises. This authoritative guide shows you how to navigate each of the region’s unique areas, from Steamboat Springs to Aspen and on south to Durango, where you’ll discover everything from the best powder to fine dining with a view. Inside You’ll Find: • Countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to the lowdown on real estate • The inside scoop on the best ski resorts, as well as on attractions, the arts, and summer activities, such as golfing, fishing, camping, backpacking, and health spas • Comprehensive listings of restaurants, accommodations, and popular events • Sections dedicated to chil dren and retirement







Colorado's Mountains - Insiders Guide


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The Insiders' Guides series has an all-new look and feel for 2000! The terrific content that the series is known for -- the best hotels, restaurants, annual events, and attractions, parks and recreation chapters, and superb relocation information -- is showcased in the new, handy 6 x 9 trim size, bright, eye-catching cover with updated logo, and a streamlined, easy-to-use interior.Millions of people venture to the perfect powder of Colorado's ski slopes each winter, but the hiking, rafting, camping, and other outdoor opportunities in these majestic mountains make the state a year-round recreation destination. Organized geographically in an easy-to-use format, Insiders' Guide to Colorado's Mountains has all the information necessary for a fun-filled trip to the Rockies, from where the best snow is to where to catch a trophy trout to where to soak your aching bones at the end of another fun-filled day.




Colorado's Mountain - Insiders' Guide®


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Insiders' Guide to Colorado's Mountains is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to the towns that pepper the majestic Rocky Mountains.







Insiders' Guide® to Boulder and Rocky Mountain National Park


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A local authors uncovers the real Boulder, from the high mountains and sparkling streams of Rocky Mountain National Park to the historic buildings, shops, galleries, and more.




Meet the Natives


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Author Dan Johnson invites you to meet the nativesùthe native plants of Colorado. This popular guide has long aided enthusiasts in identifying the plants commonly encountered along Rocky Mountain trails and byways. And now Dan Johnson has revised this eleventh edition to make the guide more useful than ever before! Organization of herbaceous flowering plants by color for faster identification Color photos throughout to assist with accurate identification Nearly 100 new entries Common and useful native grasses Identification of exotic imported plants that have become common, and in some cases aggressively invasive Quick-reference chart to help with identification Horticultural information to help you bring these durable and beautiful native plants into your own garden or landscape Book jacket.




The Colorado Gardener's Companion


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The Colorado Gardener’s Companion is your guide to cultivating a successful garden in the Centennial State. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or an inquiring novice, whether you live in the mountains, on the Western Slope, along the Front Range, or on the eastern plains, this easy-to-understand guide will help you grow bountiful vegetables, abundant flowers, and lush lawns. You will learn:What’s in your Colorado soil and how to improve itHow to take advantage of the state’s semiarid climateTechniques to maximize the short growing seasonThe best high-performance plant varieties for your climate How to landscape to conserve waterWays to deal with the challenges of Colorado’s wild weatherLocal sources of hands-on assistance with gardening questionsIn short, how to succeed in your Rocky Mountain garden




Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range


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Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes over 45 of the greatest off-road mountain bike rides along Colorado's Front Range. A mountain biking atlas to the Front Range region, this one-of-a-kind guidebook details each trail in relation to local history, geology, archeology, legend, and lore. Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes rides near the major Front Range communities of Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. In addition to the rides, this book also includes additional chapters on mountain bike related topics such as the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), Any and All Bikes one-stop mobile bike shop, and Denver's famed HandleBar & Grill. Readers will find highly detailed and accurate maps, route directions, brilliant photography, vivid descriptions, and much more.