Crested Butte Colorado: 65 Scenic Day Hikes - Softcover

Why is hiking Crested Butte so special?. Hiking Crested Butte Colorado is one of the most hiker friendly areas in Colorado. Our guidebook covers 65 scenic hiking trails in Crested Butte. The variety is astonishing; there are superb trails for every level of fitness. Crested Butte Colorado is the undisputed wildflower capital of the world. If you want to see acres of wildflowers smothering hillsides, Crested Butte should be your first destination choice. Lower elevation trails bloom in June; high elevations bloom in July and August. If you are passionate about fall colors, Crested Butte supports the largest, contiguous Aspen forest in the USA. Entire mountainsides are aglow! Watch the change from early September through early October. The charming town of Crested Butte is an historical treasure. There are art festivals, music festivals and street fairs. Why are our guidebooks so popular? Written by hikers for hikers; our accuracy comes from personally hiking all the trails many times. We get the details right because we were there! Good guidebooks should stimulate. Pictures are worth a 1000 words; Over 200 full color photographs show, rather than tell, what you can expect to see on the trails and why you might want to go and see for yourself. You see color when you hike. Our books are as exciting as the trail itself. Good guidebooks should have good maps! Our topographic, color custom maps use color coded trails so you can see visually the variety of terrain on the trails at a glance. Hike options for shorter and easier hikes are detailed for the more difficult hikes. Good guidebooks should be user friendly with easy to find important data like how to get to the trailhead, what kind of vehicle you need to get there. Guidebooks should be accurate. We calculate the total elevation gain and descent for every hike. This is very different from subtracting the starting point from the end point.