The Hiking and Camping Guide to Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness. Al Marlowe

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      Text and photographs © 2014 by Al Marlowe and Karen Christopherson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Marlowe, Al, 1938-

       The hiking and camping guide to Colorado’s Flat Tops Wilderness / Al Marlowe and Karen Christopherson. — [Revised edition].

       pages cm

       Original edition published under title: A Hiking and Camping Guide to the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. Boulder, Colorado : Pruett Publishing, 1994.

       Includes index.

       ISBN 978-0-87108-311-1 (pbk.)

       1. Hiking—Colorado—Flat Tops Wilderness—Guidebooks. 2. Camping—

      Colorado—Flat Tops Wilderness—Guidebooks. 3. Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)—Guidebooks. I. Christopherson, Karen. II. Title.

       GV199.42.C62F555 2014

       796.5109788—dc23

      2014004310

      Author photo, page 226, by Jack Olson Photography.

      Area Map on page 6-7 by the State of Colorado.

      All trail maps by US Bureau of Land Management.

      Design by Vicki Knapton

      Published by WestWinds Press®

      An imprint of

      P.O. Box 56118

      Portland, Oregon 97238-6118

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       To Arthur Carhart, whose vision was to preservethe area around Trappers Lake rather than subdividethe lakeshore for summer cabins, leading to theWilderness Act of 1964.

      CONTENTS

       Area Map

       East Trails Map

       West Trails Map

       1. The Flat Tops

       2. Regulations and Common Sense

       3. Maps for the Flat Tops

       4. Rio Blanco County Road 8

       5. North Fork of the White River (County Roads 8 and 12)

       6. Forest Road 205 (Trappers Lake Road)

       7. Forest Road 8 (County Road 8)

       8. Forest Road 16

       9. State Highway 131

       10. Eagle County Road 301

       11. Eagle County Road 301 (Colorado River Road)

       12. Forest Road 600

       Wilderness Lodges and Outfitters

       Additional Resources

       Federal Agencies

       Emergency Services

       Index

       About the Authors

      AREA MAP

      EAST TRAILS

      WEST TRAILS

       1

      THE FLAT TOPS

      The Flat Tops Wilderness Area, located in west-central Colorado, is about 150 miles west of Denver, about 100 miles east of Grand Junction, and about 60 miles south from Craig. It is a popular СКАЧАТЬ