Brendan Leonard - Hike The Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park

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First edition, 2021

Copyeditor: Erin Cusick

Design: Jen Grable

Layout: Laura Shaw Design, Inc.

Cartographer: Mike Powers/Honest Maps

All photographs by the author unless credited otherwise

Cover photograph: Taylor Peak dominates the view from The Loch ( ).

Back cover photograph: Longs Peak at sunrise ( )

Frontispiece: Rock formations along the Ute Trail near Poudre Lake ( )

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https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045115 (ebook)

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ISBN (paperback): 978-1-68051-298-4

ISBN (ebook): 978-1-68051-299-1

Wildflowers along the Bierstadt Lake Loop ( )

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