Hope to get out to CO for the first time. Like many others I'm interested in bagging the 14ers. Can those of you with experience please recommend books, trail maps/topos....etc...

Also, I have Garmin 62 gps -- what maps are good for these mountains? I saw there is a Garmin TOPO set for CO 24k. Anyone recommend these?

Thanks for the help!!

mconnell wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Colorados-Fourteeners-3rd-Ed-Climbs/dp/1555917461/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

The 14ers "bible" is a must. The descriptions are very good and many of the mountains you may not really need a map, while others is still a very a good idea.
For example, if your going to the Front Range or Tenmile-Mosquito ranges you don't need one, but the Elk or the San Juans it would be highly suggested.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm sure I'll be pestering you with many more questions soon!

Don't forget your Colorado Atlas & Gazetteer for driving directions, including Forest Service roads: http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeC ... tion=10096

I ordered the bible yesterday and should be here by weeks end. Now I guess it's time to drop $80 on the Garmin CO topo maps.

Biscut wrote:I ordered the bible yesterday and should be here by weeks end. Now I guess it's time to drop $80 on the Garmin CO topo maps.

The link MoapaPk provided above is for a free map download that you can put on your GPS, if you have a memory card slot on your GPS you can put all kinds of free maps on there, the GPS File Depot website is a good one for finding maps for most every state. These free maps are great!

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/

I'm in luck, my GPS does have a MSD slot. Checking out the link now. Thanks for all the help!