Colorado's Continental Divide Trail: The Official Guide

by Tom Lorang Jones

Book Overview

Written for both through-hikers of Colorado's more than 700-mile portion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and segment hikers doing a section at a time. Book jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565792262
• ISBN13: 9781565792265
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Westcliffe Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Good book but heavy to pack with

Buyer beware, wavebooks who is selling this for $212.95? is off line and [...] does not respond. Look elsewhere for this book. And $212.95 has got to be a typo! No way is this worth that! I have a copy and paid under $25 for it. E-file of GPS waypoints available thru the Continental Divide Trail web site is a lot cheaper! $16.

A Guide To An Adventure

I had been thinking for some time to do a backpacking trip on the Continental Divide Trail. I knew that I would need some assistance.I purchased this book in the fall of 1999. I spent the next six months planning my adventure. Since I had only 7 days to spend on the trail, I decided to hike Segments 24, 25 and 26 (from Winfield to Hancock).I planned my trip exactly form this book. When I got on the trail July 1, 2000, it was if I had my own personal trail guide with me. I knew exactly what to expect, how far I would hike each day, where the water and the good camp sites were. The driving directions were very accurate to the trailhead, the mileage and guidemarkers were also accurate.Each night I camped at the locations I expected and found water where the author said it would be.I finished my 7 day hike within 2 hours of my expected time! Never had I been on the CDT before!If you have any interest in the CDT I would urge you to purchase this book. I'm now planning my adventure for next year from this book.

This book will guide you on an unforgettable challenge

Last summer I hiked the CDT, through the wemmenuche wilderness in southern Colorado. This book was used every day to help us out of our 12 day expedition. The details of the trails described in the book are written so well that I often reread parts of it to put a picture in my mind of the awesome land. Tom Jones does an outstanding job. I will keep this book forever, use it on the trail again, and someday pass it to my children.