4WD Trails: North-Central ColoradoThe 4WD Trails books are a series of inexpensive scenic driving guides that include the trail information for selected regions included in the comprehensive 4WD Adventures series. This North Central Colorado book includes ratings and descriptive write-ups to 28 incredibly scenic backcountry trails in the vicinity of Dillon, Breckenridge, Central City, Aspen, Leadville, Vail, and Georgetown. Skill levels range from easy to challenging. Included are numerous current and historical photographs and step-by-step directions for each trail. Every trail includes a two-color map, ratings for degree-of-difficulty and scenic beauty, driving time, overall and point-to-point distances, and GPS coordinates. Write-ups include brief histories of the trails, colorful characters, events, ghost towns, and mining operations in the area. |
Contents
Using this Book | 9 |
Trail 1 Handcart Gulch Trail | 18 |
Trail 2 Red Cone Peak Trail | 21 |
Trail 3 Webster Pass Trail | 24 |
Trail 4 Santa Fe Peak Trail | 26 |
Trail 5 Deer Creek Trail | 28 |
Trail 6 Radical Hill Trail | 31 |
Trail 7 Saints John and Glacier Mountain Trail | 32 |
Trail 16 Weston Pass Trail | 62 |
Trail 17 Breakneck Pass and Browns Pass Trail | 66 |
Trail 18 Mosquito Pass Trail | 69 |
Trail 19 Mount Bross Trail | 75 |
Trail 20 Hagerman Pass Trail | 78 |
Trail 21 Brush Creek to Crooked Creek Pass Trail | 82 |
Trail 22 Cottonwood Pass Trail | 84 |
Trail 23 Crooked Creek Trail | 86 |
Trail 8 Middle Fork of the Swan Trail | 35 |
Trail 9 North Fork of the Swan and Wise Mountain Trail | 40 |
Trail 10 Georgia Pass Trail | 43 |
Trail 11 Glacier Peak Trail | 47 |
Trail 12 Boreas Pass Trail | 49 |
Trail 13 Guanella Pass Trail | 53 |
Trail 14 Shrine Pass Trail | 56 |
Trail 15 Ptarmigan Pass and McAllister Gulch Loop | 59 |
Trail 24 Beaver Creek Trail | 89 |
Trail 25 Muddy Creek Trail | 90 |
Trail 26 Yankee Hill Trail | 93 |
Trail 27 Nevadaville Loop | 97 |
Trail 28 Central City to Rollinsville Trail | 101 |
Selected Further Reading | 105 |
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4WD trails Arapaho National Forest Atlas & Gazetteer Boreas Pass Breckenridge Cabin ruins Campground Cattle guard Central City Colo Colorado Atlas Cross over creek Cross through creek Current Road Conditions Deer Creek Trail End at intersection feet USUALLY OPEN FINISHING POINT Georgetown Hagerman Pass hours ROUTE ELEVATION Lake Leadville Map References USFS meter and proceed Middle Fork miles DRIVING miles UNPAVED MILEAGE Montezuma Mosquito Pass Mount Bross network of 4WD North Fork NORTH-CENTRAL REGION TRAIL Park County Pass Road Pike National Forest Ptarmigan Pass railroad Ranger District Red Cone Peak Road on left Road on right Roads of Colorado Rollinsville Route Directions Saints John SCENIC RATING Seasonal gate shelf road Shrine Pass Special Attractions Swan Trail TL Intersection TOTAL MILEAGE Track on left Track on right Trail NC Trail Trail STARTING POINT Trails Illustrated vehicle Webster Pass Webster Pass Trail Weston Pass Wise Mountain Zero trip meter