Colorado's National Parks & Monuments

About this book

We have a new edition of this book that includes Colorados two newest national monuments. Look for this book in the link above or in the "From the Publisher" section below. The national parks and monuments in Colorado harbor some of the most diverse and awe-inspiring scenery on the planet. They contain immense mountain peaks rising over 14 000 feet high spectacular Anasazi ruins constructed 1 000 years ago and deep canyons plunging 2 000 feet down to raging rivers. They also possess the tallest sand dunes in North America immense sandstone rock formations rising over 500 feet high and some of the largest petrified Sequoia trees in the world. Renowned photographer Grant Collier has spent several years exploring and photographing Colorados national parks and monuments. He has hiked in predawn light across Rocky Mountain National Park driven over remote jeep trails in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and rafted nearly every mile of river within Dinosaur National Monument. In the process he has produced the first comprehensive portrait of Colorados current system of national parks and monuments. This is a 180-page hardcover book with a dust jacket and measures 13" x 10". Thick premium semi-gloss paper was used for the interior pages.