Colorado National Monument
Phone: Visitor Information 970-858-3617
Established May 24, 1911, and on 20,453.93 acres, Colorado National Monument consists of geologic features including: towering red sandstone monoliths, deep, sheer-walled canyons, and a variety of wildlife (bighorn sheep, golden eagles, mule deer and mountain lions)
Directions
Plane - Grand Junction Airport: Sky West, United Express, and America West.
Car - Westbound: Highway I-70 to Grand Junction, exit at Horizon Drive, Exit 31 to East Entrance. Eastbound: Highway I-70 to Fruita, Colorado, Exit 19 to West Entrance.
Public Transportation - Tour bus service available. Contact Grand Junction Visitor and Convention bureau for more information. Amtrak provides daily service to Grand Junction.
More info at http://www.nps.gov/colm
Online Colorado Parks
Olle's Colorado Fishing Guide & Atlas (Book) by Jack Olofson
Gives info on not only every fly-fishable lake, stream and river in Colorado, but detailed maps on how to get to them, including hiking trails. Covers National Forests and Recreational Areas, RMNP, State Parks, Trust lands and Wildlife Areas, plus metro Denver and the Front Range.
Merchant: Online Sports
Rocky Mountain National Park: The Climber's Guide - Estes Park V
This comprehensive guide has more than 900 routes on the lower elevation cliffs that lie along the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, including some of the best traditional and sport cragging in Colorado. Text and topo maps describe every route.
Merchant: Online Sports
Colorado Ice (Book) by Jack Roberts
Waterfalls, smears, mixed and selected alpine climbs in Rocky Mountain National Park, Front Range, Vail, Carbondale, Telluride, Durango and more, in Colorado. 312 pages.
Merchant: Online Sports
Snowshoe Routes: Colorado's Front Range (Book) by Alan Apt
Offers detailed route descriptions for Red Feather Lakes, Poudre Canyon, Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Indian Peaks, Mount Evans and Guanella Pass, and the Colorado Springs region. Routes vary in level of difficulty and include several weekend camping trips.
Merchant: Online Sports





