The Hiking and Camping Guide to the Flat Tops Wilderness
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<div> The Flat Tops Wilderness Area is unique, a high plateau at 11,000 feet. Its nearly flat surface is covered with woodlands and alpine meadows, pockmarked with hundreds of lakes and drained by mountain streams. The wilderness is accessed by a network of trails for hikers and horseback riders alike. A visitor could spend an entire season here and not see all of this magnificent wilderness.<BR> <BR> This book is the only comprehensive guide to the Flat Tops Wilderness. It gives detailed directions to each trailhead and describes what you will find along the many trails. You will discover the many wonders of the Flat Tops; its geologic history from the episodes of mountain building and subsistence, and inundation by warm seas; the periods of volcanism and succeeding ice ages; and the first visitors to this remarkable land. The wildlife of the region, the flora and fauna, the weather, and seasons are all described. You will also learn common sense ways to protect wilderness environment as well as yourself on a visit to this incomparable land.<BR> <br> This is the author’s most requested title when he talks to fans.<BR> Colorado’s Flat Tops Wilderness is located west of Denver and north of Glenwood Springs. Size: 235,035 acres, Elevation: 7,600 to 12,994 feet, Trails: 160 miles, National Forests: Routt, White River, Nearest Towns: Buford, Meeker, Yampa, Estimated Drive Time from Denver: 3.5 to 5.5 hrs, Estimated Driving Distance from Denver: 165 to 280 miles.<BR> Included is one of the "bucket list" hikes for many Coloradans: the Devil's Causeway. The landmark is a thin strip of rock in the Flat Tops Wilderness near Steamboat Springs. The isthmus of sorts is just two feet wide, about 100 feet long, with drop-offs of about 1,000 feet<BR> This wilderness is unique in Colorado and is similar to the Columbia Plateau of the Pacific Northwest. It is a massive block of rock pushed upward and planed level, its surface punctured here and there with rare peaks rising a thousand feet above the high plateau.<BR> Arthur Carhart's 1919 visit to Trappers Lake in the verdant embrace of the Flat Tops prompted him to be the first US Forest Service official to initiate a plea for Wilderness preservation.<BR> Above the cliffs, a breathtaking openness of rolling subalpine meadows and alpine tundra beckons. The open and forgiving topography makes trail routing a breeze, and, consequently, no other area in the state offers such an abundance of loop routes for hikers and horsemen.<BR> There is no other book available on hiking and camping the Flat Tops.</div>
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