Colorado Books

Earl Perry, a past Park Ranger for Dinosaur National Park in Utah, covers the 10 definitive canoe trips in Colorado. Some close, some remote, all worth your while. His encyclopedic knowledge of geoology combined with some human and natural history make for a great read even if you don't run rivers. AND it's FUNNY in many spots. Virtually impossible to find.
Ward Sear,
Guide, Centennial Canoe Outfitters

I have never seen a river and it's surrounding land look so wonderful.William truely has an eye for the natural beauty of the area. I can hardly wait for his next book.

This book was really informative and useful. It tells about the mountain ranges and geological formations you see from Interstate 25, New Mexico to Wyoming. The pictures show the names of each mountain you see, its history, and how it got its name. My kids loved it. Kept them busy for hours! Great reference!

We were on our Honeymoon in Colorado and our friends lent us this book. We had a week to cover the state and we took our time! The book is an excellent guide through the small mining towns of Colorado. I've been searching for something similiar for our homestate!

This is an essential item for those folks looking to drive around the state seeing the sites and getting the history!

We loved it.

After penning Boulder Climbs North and South, magnificent achievements in their own right, Rossiter moves north to the high country and catalogs more than just the classics. With every section of the high peaks covered in full detail including topos and pictures of each route, the climbing guide portion of the book is thouroughly covered. In addition, the author's comments and history keep this book from becoming a stale reference.

Hmm. Surprised no one has reviewed this guide. Continuing in his series of Desert Rock guides, #4 is a gem in it covers many areas overlooked by the first 3. Having known Eric while living in Moab in the late 90's, I know from personal experience how much effort and pride he puts into these books. I would see him on a weekly basis as he dined at Pasta J's (probably still does) regularly. Being a jeep/ruins/gem guide in the area, he was/is familiar with nooks and crannies of the canyons it would take one dozens of years to accumulate-- which is what he has done. He would give us beta on towers, huge crack faces and more that had never been touched. We'd go out and put up first accents. Many were memorable and are in this book and in #3. Some, not so memorable, but always good memories!
Eric strives for the most accurate info he could get. He'd rely on the climbers themselves for route beta, updating the guides meticulously as he went along.
Great work.
You're in for real climbing adventure of your own with this series.
~jr

I was very impressed with this book. It is very descriptive with photographic route maps, and easy to read topos. This book covers all the crag areas in Rocky Mountain National Park. I liked the book because of its ease of route finding. For anyone planning to visit RMNP for climbing purposes, I recomend getting this book before you go. It is the same book sold at the local climbing shops around the park.

Book is well written and GPS data is accurate. My husband and I had fun searching for rocks last April, weather was good, remember to fill your gas tank and bring water. This book was so well written that it was easy to follow the dirt track roads to find the target areas.

If you ever have experienced the pleasure of riding the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad in southwest Colorado, then reading this little book on the history of Durango definitely is something you will enjoy. The author is a scholar who writes in a comfortable style. The only negative might be the fact that the reproduction quality of some of the vintage old west photographs leaves much to be desired.

This guide is very easy to use in the field. It is a soft cover, half page size so it stows easily in my pack. Flowers are categorized by color and easy to look up. It has additional sections on mosses, mushrooms, grasses, etc. A very user friendly guide.