Guide to the Colorado Mountains

by Robert M. Ormes

Book Overview

For generations of outdoor enthusiasts, the authoritative source on Colorado's mountains has been this definitive guide. Now this new edition compiles updated route descriptions for more than 1,500... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091789538X
• ISBN13: 9780917895388
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Club
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good for ideas, but not necessarily routes.

Randy Ormes' "Guide to the Colorado Mountains" is an excellent primer for hiking: it has every imaginable peak and point. Planning on go hiking, but are unsure of where to go? If so, pull out Ormes' guide for ideas and a sense of where to go. This book is far from short on ideas. The strengths of Ormes' guide are also its weaknesses. The diversity of routes is a plus; however, documenting so many peaks also means brevity: i.e each route has to be distilled down a paragraph or so. A paragraph is seldom sufficient to supply the necessary information.

It Is Exactly What I Wanted...

This book covers ALL the mountain ranges in Colorado, and does it in an interesting and informative way. It does NOT give detailed trail guides...how could it and still be portable? Although a resident of Colorado for many years, I still wondered just where one range began and another left off, what was the history of a particular region, what was the translation and derivation of some fascinating name (Sangre De Cristo Mountains ?), and where the most interesting trails might be. This guide covers all that and more. For complete detail on individual trails, look elsewhere, but for an excellent overview of all the Colorado mountain ranges, this is a great reference.

a classic guide

this book is not for novices looking for a tour guide or sightseeing guide to the mountains in colorado. it is, however, one of, if not the best, summary of climbing & mountaineering in colorado's mountains. it's best for those already familiar with climbing and packing as it doesn't cover any basics, really. good information for those looking for someplace to go.

a unique resource, nothing else like it

Not for novice climbers who need more detailed descriptions or are looking only for the same crowded peaks covered in the other Colorado guidebooks. But a unique resource for more experienced climbers/hikers/backpackers with hundreds (thousands?)of peaks and other destinations to explore. No other book I've found covers ALL of Colorado's mountains - with enough info to get you going on the right ridge or around the odd obstacle. I've climbed nearly 1000 peaks in Colorado and never needed another guide, although others may find the descriptions too short.

An encyclopaedic guide to Colorado's mountains

Unlike most mountain guidebooks which provide detailed information about a limited number of peaks, this guidebook provides basic, minimal information for getting to nearly every imaginable mountain destination in the state. It is a unique, encyclopaedic reference work, which will help you to discover Colorado's lesser-travelled mountains, while also providing information about the most popular destinations.