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1) The Rockies
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From the time of Coronado's discovery to the era of modern ski resorts, men have been lured irresistibly to the Rocky Mountains. The author traces the range's colorful history.
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c2008
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The Western Slope towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte are defined by their placement in the Colorado Rockies. Both are located in alpine valleys surrounded by 14,000-foot-high peaks with sparkling mountain-fed streams, and both dominate the Gunnison country, a unique wilderness covering over 4,000 square miles. Beginning over 400 years ago, Native Americans, fur traders, explorers, miners, railroaders, and cattlemen all made a place for themselves...
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[2011]
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The Rocky Mountain region holds a celebrated place in the "wildest" West of both myth and reality-yet this is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites associated with its notorious past, complete with GPS coordinates for the scenes of the crimes. Written with the same fast-paced, gripping style that marked the author's widely praised earlier work, The Crime Buff's Guide to the Outlaw Rockies takes you on a time-traveling tour through the haunts...
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2015.
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"Colorado's central and southern mountains still draw droves of skiers to the slopes. However, many of the historic runs and areas that were popular over the past century -- some near the current resorts of Aspen, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Purgatory, Telluride and Vail -- no longer exist. Local hills like Whittaker Ranch near Eagle featured little more than a rope tow and warming hut. Now underneath Lake Dillon, Prestrud Jump hosted tournaments...
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2022 (?) .
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60: The Large Story of a Once-Small Ski Area
A chance meeting between a visionary Hungarian immigrant and an elk. The mining engineer who cobbled together a snowmaking system in two months and built a chair up the "Corona Massif." Struggles aplenty, a shuttered season, and then a 25-year partnership that brought sustainability and quality snow. And, finally, stewardship from the most progressive ski resort owner in the country, and investments that...