Telluride Hiking Guide

By Susan Kees

Book Overview

Susan Kees, a 26-year resident of Telluride, provides direction for the hiker, with maps, descriptions, and histories of the hiking trails of this area. THG gives all the information needed to enjoy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0943727146
• ISBN13: 9780943727141
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Wayfinder Press
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

tender hiking guide for the Telluride area

This little hiking guide does a wonderful job of exposing the reader to both the main trails around Telluride, as well as some of the trails you might not otherwise discover on your own. This alone makes the book worth buying if you are heading to Telluride. The author also has a tender touch with the history of the area. Without overwhelming the hiking components of the guide, she always has a nice tidbit to add historical context to your walks. In some cases its the ghost that lingers on a certain trail, and in other cases its a description of just what illicit activities went on around a certain turn. My main complaint is with the maps that the author provides. They are useable, but i would hope in the next addition she might create some of her own maps that more effectively support the book.

The 1991 edition is out of print! A revised edition exists.

The 1991(first) edition is out of print. A new edition appeared in 1998. I bought mine last summer in Telluride. It's an invaluable guide to hiking in the Telluride area, written by a local resident who is fit but not superhuman. This book got me out of my hotel room and into the mountains. It also indirectly encouraged me to work at fitness year round so I could enjoy my trips to Telluride more. (Telluride is not a vacation spot for the aerobically-challenged.) I recommend the place, and the Hiking Guide, highly.