I FINALLY finished a year long project to add all Colorado 4x4 trails (that I can find) to a Google Earth file.
This file includes 301 4x4 trails from around the state. The GE File contains trail name, trailhead location, trail track, difficulty rating, and in some cases a link to the trail information on Dirtopia.com (The Off Road Encyclopedia). Some of the track information came directly from a GPS track, but many of the tracks were determined using satellite imagery and topographical maps.
About 1/3 of the trails have been added (some with descriptions & photos) to the dirtopia.com wiki, but that's another project that will take some time to complete. ANYONE is allowed to edit the information on Dirtopia, so please feel free to add descriptions & images of trails that you've run.
This data will be updated as we run more trails. If anyone has any immediate updates, please let me know & I'll make the appropriate changes.
Please note that the rating system used in this data comes from the Colorado Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc. (CoA4WDCi - 4wd Road Rating System). They are slightly different than the traildamage.com ratings. Use the descriptions from Dirtpoia or CoA4WDI to determine if you should do the trail.
I've also prepared a Garmin .gpi file with the trailheads for all the trails. This file can be used with most Garmin GPS units (Including the Kenwood in-dash units) to add custom POI's containing all the Colorado 4x4 trails.
I'm currently compiling a custom Garmin .img map file so the trail tracks can be added to some Garmin units. Hopefully I'll be able to post that in a day or two.
Finally, I've created a GPX GPS file. This file can be used to add the tracks/waypoints to virtually any GPS device.
In 2009 we'll begin creating custom PDF versions of every trail in the state, so stay tuned for that!
Link to the Dirtopia Entry:
Colorado 4x4 Trails Data - Dirtopia, the Off-Road Encyclopedia
Link to the KMZ:
http://dirtopia.com/w/images/3/38/Colorado_4x4_Trails-Link.kmz
Link to the .gpi:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_trails_POI.gpi
Link to the GPX (Right click - Save As):
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_trails.gpx
Link to the Garmin IMG:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_Trails.img
If you have other devices, you can use GPS Babel (GPSBabel: convert, upload, download data from GPS and Map programs) to translate from GPX to other formats.
This file includes 301 4x4 trails from around the state. The GE File contains trail name, trailhead location, trail track, difficulty rating, and in some cases a link to the trail information on Dirtopia.com (The Off Road Encyclopedia). Some of the track information came directly from a GPS track, but many of the tracks were determined using satellite imagery and topographical maps.
About 1/3 of the trails have been added (some with descriptions & photos) to the dirtopia.com wiki, but that's another project that will take some time to complete. ANYONE is allowed to edit the information on Dirtopia, so please feel free to add descriptions & images of trails that you've run.
This data will be updated as we run more trails. If anyone has any immediate updates, please let me know & I'll make the appropriate changes.
Please note that the rating system used in this data comes from the Colorado Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc. (CoA4WDCi - 4wd Road Rating System). They are slightly different than the traildamage.com ratings. Use the descriptions from Dirtpoia or CoA4WDI to determine if you should do the trail.
I've also prepared a Garmin .gpi file with the trailheads for all the trails. This file can be used with most Garmin GPS units (Including the Kenwood in-dash units) to add custom POI's containing all the Colorado 4x4 trails.
I'm currently compiling a custom Garmin .img map file so the trail tracks can be added to some Garmin units. Hopefully I'll be able to post that in a day or two.
Finally, I've created a GPX GPS file. This file can be used to add the tracks/waypoints to virtually any GPS device.
In 2009 we'll begin creating custom PDF versions of every trail in the state, so stay tuned for that!
Link to the Dirtopia Entry:
Colorado 4x4 Trails Data - Dirtopia, the Off-Road Encyclopedia
Link to the KMZ:
http://dirtopia.com/w/images/3/38/Colorado_4x4_Trails-Link.kmz
Link to the .gpi:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_trails_POI.gpi
Link to the GPX (Right click - Save As):
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_trails.gpx
Link to the Garmin IMG:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/fjcmagazine/CO_4x4_Trails.img
If you have other devices, you can use GPS Babel (GPSBabel: convert, upload, download data from GPS and Map programs) to translate from GPX to other formats.
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