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Kim Lipker
Kim Lipker grew up in Colorado loving the outdoors from an early age. She is the author of four books for Menasha Ridge Press, 60 Hikes with 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder, Day & Overnight Hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park, Smart & Savvy Hiking: What Every Woman Needs to Know on the Trail. and The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado (with Johnny Molloy). She also wrote The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in the Rockies (Hungry Minds). In addition to writing books, Kim writes a regular parenting column and other features for Rocky Mountain Parent Magazine. For the Web site Away.com, she contributes features, ratings, and reviews covering parks, active sports, and outdoor adventures in the Rocky Mountains and Hawaii.
Considered an expert on the Rocky Mountains by her guidebook peers, Kim has been at the writing thing for a while, having had her first news article published at age 12 and later earning a journalism degree from the University of Missouri–Columbia.
Kim lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her three children, Anna, Alex, and Emma. For more information on her upcoming projects, visit her blog at trekalong.com/lipker.
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Recent Trekalong Posts By Kim Lipker
The hiking season is here and I’m ready to go. With a new book out and a few more in the hopper, I am staying close to home this summer. If you have any favorite local hikes, please let me know. The hikes need to be less than ... Thank you to everyone that attended the event at the Boulder Book Store. I appreciate your support and for making the trek on a rainy, Wednesday evening. Please join me at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., May 28, 2008 for my official book-release... Please join me at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., July 1 at the Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue where I will sign Day & Overnight Hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park. The Tattered Cover is located at 2526 East Colfax Avenue. Hope to see you th... Now that spring is here, and summer is within reach, it is the perfect time to start motivating yourself to organize your upcoming hiking season! The first step is to define your hiking goals. In my book Smart and Savvy Hiking I outline... All of us have busy and hectic lives, and sometimes our priorities get lost on the non-essentials. In continuing to set up your hiking plan, here is another hurdle to discuss briefly today to help you move even closer to achieving you... One more hurdle to discuss today moving you even closer to achieving your hiking goals is the process of rescheduling your schedule.Make hiking a nonnegotiable calendar item and work other things around it. A goal will never be realize... If you really want to make hiking a part of your life try to set aside time for at least one hike per week. Your kids, job, and other responsibilities may make the scheduling difficult, but a little time for YOU can do a lot of good for... Geocaching is a worldwide craze that promises to greatly expand your hiking range and self-assurance on wilderness trails, while at the same time providing some great adventure. Geocaching is a one-size-fits-all outdoor activity. Yo... As a general rule set your hiking goals for your family or group based on the youngest child’s ability, and make sure that no child ever walks or runs beyond immediate sight of at least one adult.Here is a brief guide to hiking wi... Keeping a journal can be a lifesaver to keep your thoughts, ideas and feelings in one place, as well as an interesting way to get to know yourself. Remember when you were a little girl with your first diary with lock and key? Let the ...
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder, 2ed
Kim Lipker
Denver, Boulder and the surrounding region offer an amazing natural panorama for outdoor enthusiasts and contain some of the best hiking in the world. With such a bewildering wealth of hikes at your disposal, author Kim Lipker presents the reader with a variety of the very best trails in the area, and most within an hour's drive or less. Including hikes near Fort Collins, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder is the only guidebook that pinpoints great hikes that are also close to home.
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Day and Overnight Hikes: Rocky Mountain National Park
Kim Lipker
Choosing the best day and overnight hikes from the 359 miles of hiking
trails and 200 backcountry sites is a major mission. Get on the trail
faster with the confidence that you’ve made the right choice by
referencing Day & Overnight Hikes Rocky Mountain National Park.
Whether you’re out to see the elk rut in autumn, the summer blooms on
the hillside, the thundering falls in spring, or the white-blanketed
calm of the forest in winter, author Kim Lipker has your perfect hike
accomplished. Both the west, Grand Lake side and the east, Estes Park
side of the Park are featured. This guide includes original GPS-based
trail maps, detailed trail descriptions, overnight camping
recommendations, trail guides suitable for different experience levels,
and more.
Rocky Mountain National Park is the living showcase of the grandeur of
the Rockies, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the valleys to
14, 259 feet at the top of Longs Peak. The Park draws 3 million
visitors per year with countless outdoor experiences and adventures.
This guide is perfect for those wanting to get out on the trail for
some much needed solitude or for those with families looking for
something to do together. So get out on the trails and have some fun.
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Day and Overnight Hikes: Rocky Mountain National Park (with product bundle)
Kim Lipker
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Choosing the best day and overnight hikes from the 359 miles of hiking
trails and 200 backcountry sites is a major mission. Get on the trail
faster with the confidence that you’ve made the right choice by
referencing Day & Overnight Hikes Rocky Mountain National Park.
Whether you’re out to see the elk rut in autumn, the summer blooms on
the hillside, the thundering falls in spring, or the white-blanketed
calm of the forest in winter, author Kim Lipker has your perfect hike
accomplished. Both the west, Grand Lake side and the east, Estes Park
side of the Park are featured. This guide includes original GPS-based
trail maps, detailed trail descriptions, overnight camping
recommendations, trail guides suitable for different experience levels,
and more.
Rocky Mountain National Park is the living showcase of the grandeur of
the Rockies, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the valleys to
14, 259 feet at the top of Longs Peak. The Park draws 3 million
visitors per year with countless outdoor experiences and adventures.
This guide is perfect for those wanting to get out on the trail for
some much needed solitude or for those with families looking for
something to do together. So get out on the trails and have some fun.
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Smart and Savvy Hiking: What Every Woman Needs to Know on the Trail
Kim Lipker
Yes, the world really does
need another hiking book—especially Smart & Savvy Hiking: What
Every Woman Needs to Know on the Trail.
As a young girl growing up in the Colorado mountains, then a hip outdoors
writer, and now the mother of three small children, author Kim Lipker
has personally faced every question women ask on the trail. Her “girl
talk” covers such topics as comfortable and protective fabrics and
clothing—all the way down to bras, panties, and socks; on-the-trail
toilette; pregnancy hiking; bringing kids along; choosing companions
wisely; avoiding violence; and overcoming the fear of getting lost.
She extends the five senses to seven
and shows how to use them to truly experience nature. A special section,
“Journaling the Journey,” offers written exercises that turn hiking
into personal transformation. And the book’s “Smart & Savvy
Life List” showcases vacation-destination trails. Most of the book
is geared to day hikes, but “After Sundown” provides great detail
for overnight backpacking. Altogether, inside these pages lies a whole
new world of safety, pleasure, and reward for novice and seasoned hikers
alike. (Men will pick up some tips, too.)
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The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado, 4ed
Kim Lipker
The Colorado landscape is rich with opportunities for tent camping.
Whether it's a large family looking to get away for the weekend, a
scout troop that wants to try something new, or a serious outdoors
enthusiast searching for a place to adventure for the day and crash for
the night, The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado
has done all the work in finding those special, out-of-the-way
campgrounds, and gives campers the tools to plan an amazing,
unforgettable camping trip.
Each campground has been rated on six
criteria: beauty, privacy,
spaciousness, quiet, security and cleanliness. Tent campers will also
enjoy a detailed map of each campground included in the site profile.
This guide provides the means to finding the campsite best suited for you.
This guide is perfect to toss in your pack for easy access along the
trail. The profiles are painstakingly researched to bring you the
ultimate up-to-date guide to tent camping. Whether you are a novice
just starting out or an avid hiker this guide is perfect for anyone
interested in hiking. So grab a copy today and get out on the trail.
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The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado, 4ed (book with product bundle)
Kim Lipker
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The Colorado landscape is rich with opportunities for tent camping.
Whether it's a large family looking to get away for the weekend, a
scout troop that wants to try something new, or a serious outdoors
enthusiast searching for a place to adventure for the day and crash for
the night, The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado
has done all the work in finding those special, out-of-the-way
campgrounds, and gives campers the tools to plan an amazing,
unforgettable camping trip. Each campground has been rated on six
criteria: beauty, privacy,
spaciousness, quiet, security and cleanliness. Tent campers will also
enjoy a detailed map of each campground included in the site profile.
This guide provides the means to finding the campsite best suited for you.
This guide is perfect to toss in your pack for easy access along the
trail. The profiles are painstakingly researched to bring you the
ultimate up-to-date guide to tent camping. Whether you are a novice
just starting out or an avid hiker this guide is perfect for anyone
interested in hiking. So grab a copy today and get out on the trail.
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