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60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder
Copyright 2010 by Kim Lipker
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Published by Menasha Ridge Press
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Second edition, first printing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lipker, Kim, 1969
60 hikes within 60 miles, Denver and Boulder: including Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park / Kim Lipker. 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89732-885-2 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-89732-885-X (alk. paper)
1. HikingColoradoDenver RegionGuidebooks. 2. Denver Region (Colo.)Guidebooks. I. Title. II. Title: Sixty hikes within sixty miles, Denver and Boulder.
GV199.42.C62D474 2010
796.510978883dc22
2010008280
Cover and text design by Steveco International
Cover photos by Kim Lipker
Author photo copyright Kim Lipker
All other photos by Kim Lipker, Bruce Becker, Michael Bollinger, and Kyle Martin Maps by Kim Lipker, Ben Pease, and Scott McGrew
Menasha Ridge Press
P.O. Box 43673
Birmingham, AL 35243
www.menasharidge.com
DISCLAIMER
This book is meant only as a guide to select trails in the Denver and Boulder areas and does not guarantee hiker safety in any wayyou hike at your own risk. Neither Menasha Ridge Press nor Kim Lipker is liable for property loss or damage, personal injury, or death that result in any way from accessing or hiking the trails described in the following pages. Please be aware that hikers have been injured in the DenverBoulder area. Be especially cautious when walking on or near boulders, steep inclines, and drop-offs, and do not attempt to explore terrain that may be beyond your abilities. To help ensure an uneventful hike, please read carefully the introduction to this book, and perhaps get further safety information and guidance from other sources. Familiarize yourself thoroughly with the area you intend to visit before venturing out. Ask questions, and prepare for the unforeseen. Familiarize yourself with current weather reports, maps of the area you plan to visit, and any relevant park regulations.
FOR ANNA AND ALEX AND EMMA
LET THE MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS DANCE WITHIN YOUR HEART
I AM MOST THANKFUL for the fact that I was born in Colorado and that my kids are sixth-generation natives of the state. Its hard to think of living anywhere else. I would also like to thank the following for helping me write the update for this book:
Ron Graham for your unconditional support; Ruth and Roger Lipker for your support and for helping out with the grandkids; Karen Lipker for fact-checking this edition; Anna, Alex, and Emma Lipker for being great kids; Kyle Martin for helping with the new hikes and my REI presentations and to our friend Chad Brent for putting the wheels in motion; Kay Kimball for your consistent enthusiasm for life and my life in particular; to everyone at Menasha Ridge Press, past and present, for everything; Diane Stanko-Martinez and Marty Martinez for true friendship; Geri Kidawski for your expert Master Naturalist guidance and your friendship; Jen Janssen for being the absolute best mom and best friend I will ever know; Johnny Molloy for being a mentor and walking me through your success; Abby Balfany for being the best neighbor, friend, lead support staff, and Team Kim president; Laurel School of Arts & Technology for being a safe, fun place to learnhaving my kids at such a terrific neighborhood school feels like an automatic second family; Renee Putman, Kris Baltrum, and Murielle Watzky-Brewer for always being there and for your unwavering support; Nancy Stilson-Herzog for being the trainer extraordinaire; Deb Murr and All Star Cleaning for giving me time at home; and Michael Bollinger, Lindsay Hopper, Lindsay Smith, Lisa Eaton, Kelly Josephs, Fiona Wilson, Suellen May, Jenni, Leslie, Darcy, Old Town Writing Group (Laura, Sarah, Leslie), and Shannon are all people who helped with the first edition of this book and still make their mark.
To the outreach coordinators at the Colorado REI stores: Thank you for continuing to invite me to your stores and for giving me the opportunity to promote hiking and the outdoors.
Thank you to all of my fans and to all of the people who buy my books and attend my clinics and presentations. I am humbled by your support.
Thank you to all the land stewards in Colorado who volunteer to make the hiking here some of the best in the world. There are too many to name. Your tireless efforts make the trails safe and keep them preserved for generations to come.
Kim Lipker
Welcome to Menasha Ridge Presss 60 Hikes within 60 Miles , a series designed to provide hikers with information needed to find and hike the very best trails surrounding cities usually underserved by good guidebooks.
Our strategy was simple: First, find a hiker who knows the area and loves to hike. Second, ask that person to spend a year researching the most popular and very best trails around. And third, have that person describe each trail in terms of difficulty, scenery, condition, elevation change, and all other categories of information that are important to hikers. Pretend that youve just completed a hike and met up with other hikers at the trailhead, we told each author. Imagine their questions; be clear in your answers.
An experienced hiker and writer, author Kim Lipker has selected 60 of the best hikes in and around the Denver metropolitan area. From the urban paths of Washington Park to the glaciers of Indian Peaks Wilderness to the prairies of Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Lipker provides trekkers of all abilities with a great variety of hikesand all within roughly 60 miles of Denver.
Youll get more out of this book if you take a moment to read the introduction explaining how to read the trail listings. The Topographic Maps section will help you understand how useful topos will be on a hike, and will also tell you where to get them. And though this is a where-to, not a how-to guide, experienced hikers and novices alike will find the introduction of particular value.
As much for the opportunity to free the spirit as well as to free the body, let these hikes elevate you above the urban hurry.
All the best,
The Editors at Menasha Ridge Press
KIM LIPKER grew up in Colorado doing most of the hikes featured in this book, never imagining that her frolics through the forest would ever land themselves in print. She grew up in Colorado loving the outdoors from an early age. Kim is the author of four other guidebooks, The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado, 4th Edi tion (with Johnny Molloy for Menasha Ridge Press), The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in the Rockies (John Wiley & Sons), Day and Overnight Hikes: Rocky Mountain National Park (Menasha Ridge Press), and Smart and Savvy Hiking: What Every Woman Needs to Know on the Trail (Menasha Ridge Press). In addition to writing books, Kim writes a regular parenting column and other features for Rocky Mountain Parent magazine; for the Web site Away.com, she contributes features, ratings, and reviews covering parks, active sports, and outdoor adventures in the Rocky Mountains and Hawaii.
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