Colorado & the Rockies For Dummies

Introduction.

Part I: Introducing Colorado.
Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of Colorado.
Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into Colorado.
Chapter 3: Deciding When and Where to Go.
Chapter 4: Following an Itinerary: Four Great Options.

Part II: Planning Your Trip to Colorado.
Chapter 5: Managing Your Money.
Chapter 6: Getting to Colorado.
Chapter 7: Getting Around Colorado.
Chapter 8: Booking Your Accommodations.
Chapter 9: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests.
Chapter 10: Taking Care of the Remaining Details.

Part III: The Front Range.
Chapter 11: Denver.
Chapter 12: Side Trips from Denver.
Chapter 13: Boulder.
Chapter 14: Colorado Springs.

Part IV: The High Country.
Chapter 15: Rocky Mountain National Park.
Chapter 16: Middle Park.
Chapter 17: Summit County.
Chapter 18: Leadville and the Upper Arkansas Valley.
Chapter 19: Vail and the Vail Valley.
Chapter 20: Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley.
Chapter 21: Steamboat Springs.
Chapter 22: Gunnison, Crested Butte, and the Black Canyon.

Part V: The Western Slope and Southern Colorado.
Chapter 23: Grand Junction and the Western Slope.
Chapter 24: The Southwestern High Country.
Chapter 25: The High San Juans and the San Luis Valley.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 26: Ten Signature Colorado Experiences.
Chapter 27: Beer, Beer, Beer -- Ten Breweries and Their Signature Brews.
Appendix: Quick Concierge.
Index.

Nick Trotter is a writer and cartographer. For the past five years, he has been drawing maps for Frommer's travel guides and the For Dummies travel series. A Denver native, he graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in geography, and has been perfecting the delicate art of getting lost for a couple of decades. His travel writings have taken him to Brazil, Italy, and the Caribbean; for now (at least), his home base is Brooklyn, New York.