Package Deal : CT Guidebook & CT Map Book

This is the most up-to-date, official CT Guidebook.

This book covers the entire Colorado Trail, all 567 miles between Denver and Durango, including Segments 1-28 plus CW01-CW05. This is the first edition Guidebook that covers the 80-mile CT Collegiate West that was added to The Colorado Trail in 2012. This comprehensive book helps you plan your CT excursions, can guide you on the trail, and is particularly well-suited to have either in an automobile or at home. It is your official resource for hiking, backpacking, horseback riding and bicycling The Colorado Trail.

Maps in this guidebook show the roads pertinent to the Trail. Travel directions are also provided for each major trail access point. This road coverage is almost essential for the automobile portions of many excursions, including the car trips done by segment travelers as well as the driving done by support people who rendezvous with trail travelers.

The digital version of this guide, the official app of the Colorado Trail Foundation, is available from Far Out.

(The next edition will be printed February 2024)

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Current edition, shaded relief, full color topo maps showing the entire Colorado Trail in great detail. Topo maps for the entire CT, all 567-miles of The Colorado Trail, including CT Collegiate West & Collegiate East, showing all trail reroutes opened. Also covers each of the five bicycle wilderness detours mandatory for cyclists.

The CT line is highly accurate; it shows every corner along the way. Along the line are 1200 waypoints (milepoints, approximately every half mile) that help you track your progress and navigate. This map set with topo, line, and milepoints helps you plan as you travel, alerting you to upcoming water sources and terrain that may be suitable for camping. The Map Book precision also assists users in coordinating rendevous with friends and family. Magnetic declinations are provided for compass users.

Book can be disassembled allowing you to carry just what you need.  Toner-based printing is water resistant.  (Paper, though sturdy, is not waterproof and packing in a Ziploc bag is recommended.)

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