I’ve tried searching, but haven’t found anything indicating how comprehensive the databook is. Is it sufficient on its own or will we also need to carry the guidebook?
Nancy
Guide book or databook?
system
#2
I took both on my thru hike. The guidebook has so much info in it I hated to leave it home. Its heavy but I’m carrying both again this year
nature girl
system
#3
You could always scan, print and send pages in mail drops, or just tear them out
I scanned mine and put it on my ipad 
It’s great, doubles as a map, gps, camera, audiobook/music player, skype, ebook reader, mobile c++ terminal if i care to get any work done…
But I also have a solar panel to charge said ipad.
Andrew M
system
#4
OK, we’ll take both - provided we can find the guidebook. It’s somewhere in this house, but…
Nancy
system
#5
I have taken copied pages along from the Guidebook that correspond to the segments hiked. You can include the pages for upcoming CT Segments with your food drops, if you are considering mailing packages ahead of time to Leadville, Salida, Lake City, etc.
Bernard
system
#6
Hi, I just received both from the Colorado Trail people. The Guidebook was published in 2011, and the Data Book was last updated in 2009. Both have coordinates for important junctions, but the trail HAS CHANGED since then. I don’t know by how much, but I would definitely want the coodinates from the guidebook. The guidebook has so much info. I will take the Map Book and the Guidebook, separated into sections, and a lot of pages, like the alternative mountain biking routes removed. On my little scale they together weigh 31 ounces unbound. Divide by 5 sections to get more or less 6 ounces per section. Not too bad. The Map Book (2011) is great. I recently ordered a Colorado topo map for my GPS (Garmin 24 K map), but the trail was not in the correct place, so even though the trail is said to be well-marked, I felt I should take paper maps, too.
Lorna