Colorado's Quiet Winter Trails »

If you have ever had the sound and exhaust of a snowmobile interrupt your cross-country skiing or snow-shoeing, this is the guidebook for you. Veteran author Dave Muller has described in detail 99 Colorado trails where snowmobiles are forbidden by state or federal regulation or where the terrain makes snowmobiling simply not worth the effort.

These are easy and more difficult routes to be enjoyed and savored in silence by the cross-country skier and snowshoer alike. On these trails, the only sounds you will hear will come from your equipment moving through the snow, the pound of your heartbeat, and the rasp of your breath at altitude. Complete information on the route including distance, time needed, elevation, difficulty level and map references, Color photos and maps throughout, "Getting There" instructions to the trailhead, "Comment" on the route and the location, "The Tour" with precise directions for the route, "Sidebars" on subjects of interest or not.

Berthoud Pass Area
First Creek Cabin     14
Second Creek     16
Carbondale Area
Paul's Point (Spring Gulch Trail System)     18
Fairplay Area
Tie Hack Loop     20
Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Frazer Meadow     22
Brainard Lake Area
CMC - Brainard Lake Road Loop     24
CMC Cabin via Waldrop Trail     26
CMC South Trail     28
Eldora to King Lake Trailhead     30
Left Hand Reservoir     32
Little Raven - CMC Loop     34
Long Lake     36
Middle Sourdough Trail     38
North Sourdough Trail     40
South Saint Vrain Trail     42
South Sourdough Trail     44
Cameron Pass Area
Big South Trail     46
Cameron Connection     48
Joe Wright Trail     50
Lake Agnes     52
Meadows Trail to Zimmerman Lake     54
Michigan Ditch     56
Montgomery Pass     58
Zimmerman Lake Loop     60
Clear Creek County
Chief Mountain     62
Echo Lake     64
Idaho Springs Reservoir     66
Mount Evans Road to Dos Chappell Nature Center     68
Pavilion Point     70
Saint Mary's Glacier Loop     72
South Chicago Creek     74
Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout     76
Winter Park, Fraser and Grandby Areas
Bonfils Stanton Loop     78
Byers Peak Trailhead     80
Deadhorse Creek     82
Deadhorse Creek - Spruce Creek Loop     84
Flume Trail     86
Fraser Experimental Forest     88
Jim Creek     90
King Creek     92
Monarch Lake Loop     94
Saint Louis Creek Loop     96
Saint Louis Lake Trailhead     98
Leadville Area
Highline Trail     100
Interlaken     102
Kearney Park Loop     104
Lily Lake Loop     106
Mitchell Creek Loop     108
Old Railroad Run     110
Powderhound Loop     112
Tenth Mountain Division Hut     114
Treeline Loop     116
Vances Cabin     118
Rabbit Ears Pass Area
Bruce's Trail     120
Fox Curve Loop     122
Hogan Park Trail     124
North Walton Peak Loop     126
Par-a-lel Route      128
South Summit Loop     130
West Summit Loop 1A     132
West Summit Loop 1B     134
Rocky Mountain National Park - Eastern
Alberta Falls     136
Bear Lake to Bierstadt Lake     138
Bierstadt Lake     140
Calypso Cascades     142
Emerald Lake     144
Glacier Creek Trail to Bear Lake     146
The Loch     148
Rocky Mountain National Park - Western
East Inlet Trail     150
Milner Pass     152
Shipler Cabin     154
Sun Valley River Trail Loop     156
Tonahutu Trail to Kawuneeche Visitor Center     158
Summit County
Baker's Tank     160
Bemrose Ski Circus to Hoosier Pass     162
Burro Trail     164
Corral Creek     166
Flume Trail     168
Francie's Cabin     170
French Gulch     172
Gold Hill     174
Hunkidori Mine     176
Keystone Gulch     178
Lily Pad Lake via Ryan Gulch Road     180
Lily Pad Lake via Salt Lick Trail     182
Little French Gulch     184
McCullough Gulch (lower)     186
Mesa Cortina     188
North Rock Creek Trail     190
North Tenmile Creek     192
Peaks Trail - Breckenridge to Frisco     194
Pennsylvania Creek     196
Rainbow Lake     198
Saints John and Wild Irishman Mine     200
Sally Barber Mine     202
Spruce Creek Trail to Mohawk Lakes Trailhead     204
Spruce Creek Loop     206
True Romance Mine     208
Tenmile Creek     210
Further Reading     212
Index     213