Product Description

Completely redone second edition has been expanded to 75 trails....25 all new. Book includes detailed directions with GPS wayoints, 83 custom maps and over 425 quality photos. All trails are south of Interstate 70 and were redriven by the author. Twenty-five trails are easy, 25 moderate and 25 difficult. Easy and moderate trails are suitable for most stock sport utility vehicles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14518 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-30
• Binding: Paperback
• 285 pages

4-Wheel Drive and Sport Utility Magazine
"Guide to Colorado Backroad & 4-Wheel Drive Trails" is one of the best trail guidebooks we've seen to date.

From the Publisher
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From the Author
I drive all the routes myself, write the directions from detailed notes, shoot the photos and create the maps using computer software and GPS tracklogs. Combined with my training as a professional graphics designer, I know you'll find my books extremely accurate, easy to use and a great deal of fun. ....Charles A. Wells

Customer Reviews

Pretty handy guide!
My wife and I went on vacation in Colorado and rented a Hummer to drive around in. I took this guide with us and we went on several adventures with it! It is pretty good, though some details were lacking and some trails hard to find. Overall, a great guide to seeing some back country in CO!

Worth Every Penny
I've lived in Colorado since 1989 and have spent an unbelievable amount of time in the mountains here. I purchased the first edition of this book at a little gift shop at the top of Monarch Pass, gave it a permanent home in my Jeep, and I haven't looked back since. It's a fairly pricey book, but given the accuracy of the information contained within, not to mention the time and effort it takes to amass that information, it's worth every penny and then some. Mr. Wells has driven every trail personally, and the maps, presumably created from a fusion of USGS maps and personal observation are very clear and useful.

Apart from the individual trail guides, which are laid out cleverly using Colorado's ski slope difficulty symbols (green circle for easy, blue square for moderate, black diamond for difficult), there is a lucid and very in-depth introduction as well. This isn't a couple of hastily written paragraphs admonishing you to use caution and get out there and have fun, but rather a nearly 20-page essay on how to be a safe, conscientious, and well-informed backroad and trail driver. It's very useful and relevant information, thoughtfully and intelligently presented.

Bottom line: If you plan to explore Colorado's wonderful backroads and trails, buy this book, period. Give me this book, my GPS, camping supplies, food and drink, and my camera, and I could happily wander the Colorado Rockies in my Jeep for weeks!

wally's world
This book is the best trail guide that I have been able to find. I use an ATV as most of the trails are open for ATV's. The descriptions of the trails and directions to navigate the trail have been excellent. The distances to the turn points have been accurate. Mr. Wells is now writing books especially for ATVs and I can't wait.