Colorado's Lost Creek Wilderness Classic

Only 40 miles southwest of Denver, the Lost Creek Wilderness area offers some of the state's most breathtaking networks of box canyons, crooked creeks, twisting trails, rock towers, arches, and 150 mountain peaks. Here is the first-ever hiking guide to this beautiful area, varying in difficulty from short romps to all-day efforts. The book covers 53 total routes with distance, elevation gain, difficulty, and an effort rating. 13 maps. 57 photos.

Gerry Roach is the author of many hiking and climbing books, including Colorado's Fourteeners, Colorado's Thirteeners -- 13,800 to 13,999 Feet, Colorado's Indian Peaks and Rocky Mountain National Park. Jennifer Roach is an expert on Colorado's mountains and has been climbing the state's mountains for 20 years. She is also coauthor of Colorado's Thirteeners.

Preface

ix

Introduction

xi

Safety First

xii

Leave No Trace

xiii

The Rating System

xv

Platte River Mountains

1

(18)

Kenosha Mountains

19

(26)

Tarryall Mountains

45

(28)

Puma Hills

73

(22)

Super Hikes

95

(11)

Appendix

106

(5)

In Defense of Mountaineering Guidebooks

106

(1)

Map Information

107

(1)

*Classic* Hikes

108

(3)

Peak Lists

111

(18)

Index

129

(11)

About the Authors

140

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Colorado's Lost Creek Wilderness Classic Summit Hikes

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