Hiking Rocky Mountain National Park, 9th

by Kent and Donna Dannen

• ISBN13: 9780762722457
• ISBN10: 0762722452
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

This guide describes 40 hikes in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.

Author Biography

Kent and Donna Dannen have guided hikers over the trails of Rocky Mountain National Park and Indian Peaks for a combined total of more than 50 years.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	viii
Note on the Maps	ix
Trailhead Locator	x
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction	3	(1)
What to Wear and Carry	4	(5)
High Altitude Sickness	9	(1)
Lightning: One Strike and You're Out!	10	(5)
Hikers as Caretakers	15	(3)
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Facts	18	(6)
Bear Lake Shuttle Bus Service	24	(3)
Rocky Mountain National Park
Mummy Range	27	(36)
Gem Lake Trail	27	(10)
Nature Walk to Gem Lake (Montane Zone)	29	(8)
North Fork of the Big Thompson Trail System	37	(9)
Mummy Pass Trail	46	(5)
Trails North of Horseshoe Park	51	(7)
Cow Creek Trailhead	58	(1)
Chapin Pass Routes	58	(5)
Moraine Park	63	(8)
Fern Lake Trail System	63	(4)
Cub Lake Trail	67	(4)
Bear Lake Road	71	(20)
Hollowell Park Trails	74	(1)
Boulder Brook and Storm Pass Trails	74	(2)
Bierstadt Lake Trail	76	(2)
Glacier Gorge Trail System	78	(13)
Bear Lake Trailhead	91	(12)
Dream Lake Trail System	91	(3)
Flattop Mountain Trail System	94	(6)
Odessa Lake Trail	100	(3)
Longs Peak and Nearby Goals	103	(10)
East Edge	113	(12)
Twin Sisters Peaks	113	(4)
Storm Pass Trail to Estes Cone	117	(2)
Lily Lake Trail	119	(2)
Homer Rouse Trail	121	(1)
Lily Mountain Trail (Roosevelt National Forest)	122	(1)
Homestead Meadows (Roosevelt National Forest)	123	(2)
Wild Basin	125	(20)
Ouzel Falls Trail System	125	(12)
Sandbeach Lake Trail System	137	(3)
Finch Lake Trail System	140	(2)
Allens Park Trail	142	(1)
Horsetooth Peak and Lookout Mountain	143	(2)
Trail Ridge Road	145	(38)
Old Ute Trail	146	(16)
Tundra Nature Walk (Alpine Zone)	152	(10)
Deer Mountain Trail	162	(2)
Abandoned Road	164	(2)
Trails from Milner Pass	166	(4)
Timber Lake Trail	170	(1)
Trails from Never Summer Ranch	171	(2)
Baker Gulch Trail System (Arapaho National Forest)	173	(5)
Onahu Creek-Green Mountain Circle	178	(5)
Colorado River Trails	183	(16)
Red Mountain Trail System	183	(7)
Lulu City Trail System	190	(9)
Grand Lake	199	(12)
North Inlet Trail	199	(3)
Tonahutu Creek Trail	202	(1)
East Inlet Trail	203	(4)
Shadow Mountain and East Shore or Outlet Trails	207	(4)
Indian Peaks Wilderness
National Park and National Forest-Two Administrative Styles	211	(6)
East of the Divide (Roosevelt National Forest)	217	(36)
Pawnee Pass Trail	217	(16)
Nature Walk to Lake Isabelle (Subalpine Lone)	220	(13)
Mitchell Creek Trail	233	(2)
Mount Audubon Trail System	235	(2)
Routes from Beaver Reservoir	237	(2)
Middle St. Vrain Trail System	239	(4)
St. Vrain Mountain Trail	243	(1)
Arapaho Glacier Trail (Glacier Rim Trail)	244	(4)
Buckingham Campground Trails	248	(1)
Trails from Hessie	249	(4)
West of the Divide (Arapaho National Forest)	253	(22)
Roaring Fork Trail System	254	(3)
Buchanan Pass Trail	257	(4)
Cascade Trail to Pawnee Pass	261	(4)
Arapaho Pass Trail	265	(2)
Caribou Pass Trail	267	(4)
Corona Trail	271	(4)
Destination Tables	275	(23)
Destinations Index	298	(7)
Suggested Readings	305	(3)
About the Authors	308