Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood.  Despite their accomplishments, they are virtually ignored in the official histories and uncommemorated even in the place names of the region.  Janet Robertson, herself a climber and skier, recounts their exploits in a lively, well-illustrated book that measures up to its title, The Magnificent Mountain Women.