Complete Guide to Colorado's Wilderness Areas Book

	Acknowledgments	9
	Colorado's Wilderness Areas Map	10
	Introduction
	How to Use This Guide	12
	On the Trail	14
	What Is Wilderness?	22
	Colorado Wilderness Ecosystems	30
	Front Range	42
1	Byers Peak Wilderness	44
2	Cache la Poudre Wilderness	48
3	Comanche Peak Wilderness	52
4	Indian Peaks Wilderness	60
5	James Peak Wilderness	67
6	Lost Creek Wilderness	72
7	Mount Evans Wilderness	79
8	Neota Wilderness	85
9	Never Summer Wilderness	89
10	Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness	94
11	Rawah Wilderness	98
12	Rocky Mountain National Park (Proposed Wilderness)	104
13	Vasquez Peak Wilderness	115
	Northern Colorado	118
14	Dinosaur National Monument (Proposed Wilderness)	121
15	Eagles Nest Wilderness	128
16	Flat Tops Wilderness	136
17	Mount Zirkel Wilderness	144
18	Sarvis Creek Wilderness	151
19	Troublesome Roadless Area	155
	Central Colorado	160
20	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	162
21	Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness	167
22	Buffalo Peaks Wilderness	172
23	Collegiate Peaks Wilderness	175
24	Colorado National Monument (Proposed Wilderness)	183
25	Fossil Ridge Wilderness	188
26	Gunnison Gorge Wilderness	192
27	Holy Cross Wilderness	197
28	Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness	205
29	Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness	211
30	Mount Massive Wilderness	221
31	Raggeds Wilderness	226
32	Roubideau Area	231
33	Tabeguache Area	236
34	West Elk Wilderness	241
	Southern Colorado	248
35	Carson Peak Roadless Area	250
36	Cochetopa Hills Roadless Area	255
37	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	259
38	Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness	264
39	Hermosa Roadless Area	268
40	La Garita Wilderness	274
41	Lizard Head Wilderness	281
42	Mesa Verde National Park	285
43	Mount Sneffels Wilderness	290
44	Piedra Area	294
45	Powderhorn Wilderness	302
46	Sangre de Cristo Wilderness	306
47	San Miguel Peak Roadless Area	314
48	South San Juan Wilderness	319
49	Spanish Peaks Wilderness	328
50	Uncompahgre Wilderness	332
51	Weminuche Wilderness	338
Appendix A	Colorado Wilderness Areas	350
Appendix B	Recommended Equipment Checklist	351
Appendix C	Colorado Wilderness Advocacy Groups	352
Appendix D	Selected References	353
	Index	354