| Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns: A Great Destination: Aspen, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, Vail & Wint Contributor(s): Spence, Evelyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1581570368 ISBN-13: 9781581570366 Publisher: Countryman Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Colorado's spectacular ski towns--like Aspen, Vail, Telluride, and Crested Butte--offer far more than just skiing: they offer some of the best hiking, mountain biking, fishing, shopping, dining, and lodging in the world, and all year round to boot. Author Evelyn Spence, a former editor at Skiing magazine and avid outdoorswoman, has turned the state's classic mountain towns upside down to find quirky annual festivals, superb Rocky Mountain cuisine, historic B&Bs, trout-filled streams, powder-choked runs, Manhattan-worthy shopping, and jaw-dropping drives, and combine them in this unique travel guide. Whether you want to sleep under the stars or inside a toasty wilderness lodge, this guide will help you plan the ultimate Colorado mountain experience. 15 maps, 100 black & white photographs, indexes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - West - Mountain (az, Co, Id, Mt, Nm, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Travel | Special Interest - Senior |
| Dewey: 917.88 |
| Series: Great Destinations Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.7" W x 8.96" (1.16 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: Author Evelyn Spence, a former editor at Skiing magazine and avid outdoorswoman, has turned the state's classic mountain towns upside down to find quirky annual festivals, superb Rocky Mountain cuisine, historic B&Bs, trout-filled streams, powder-choked runs, Manhattan-worthy shopping, and jaw-dropping drives, and combine them in this unique travel guide. Whether you want to sleep under the stars or inside a toasty wilderness lodge, this guide will help you plan the ultimate Colorado mountain experience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spence, Evelyn: - Evelyn Spence was a longtime editor at Skiing magazine, and has written for many national publications including Backpacker, Men's Journal, Women's Adventure, Outside, Health, Good Housekeeping, Alternative Medicine, and Powder. She is a co-author of Michelin USA West. She lives in Boulder, CO. |