Colorado Scrambles: A Guide to 50 Select Climbs in Colorado's Mountains
Product Description
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- Author: Dave Cooper
- Publisher: Colorado Mountain Club Press (Goldern, CO)
- Publisher website: www.cmc.org
- Edition: 2005
- ISBN: 0-9760525-0-4
- # pages: 304
- Format: paperback
Features
Advantages- Good alternative to the height-based peak bagger books as it focuses on quality not summit height
- Routes range from Class 3 to low Class 5
- Includes color topo maps with GPS waypoints
- Nice color photos
- Lists both route features and waypoints for those of us that don't carry a GPS
- Easy to follow descriptions (used this for ~5 routes so far)
- Reasonable price (2005 edition: $22.95 retail)
- Covers the following ranges:
Disadvantages
- Doesn't list YDS difficulty in the route overview of summary
- No elevation profile, just overall gain
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Reviews
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Brian C - Feb 19, 2011 9:36 am - Voted 5/5
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Although well written, the descriptions do leave considerable route finding up to the reader. Don't expect to always know exactly where to go.
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Brian C - Feb 19, 2011 9:35 am - Voted 5/5
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