Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is a small city in Colorado that sits at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. After the zombie outbreak Boulder was the largest surviving human population center, with approximately 150,000 residents.

Link to Wikipedia Article: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_co"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_co[/URL]
Google Map with Boulder Sites: [URL]http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=200372006308941683650.0004cb2bc380033aab571[/URL]

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[*]Chapter 29-2 - Michael is informed of the existence of Boulder.
[*]Chapter 29-3 - Pegs, Kelly, Datu and Hope fly out of Fort Irwin to settle in Boulder.
[*]Chapter 33-2 - A Blackhawk helicopter from Boulder locates the crash site of a Chinook helicopter that was enroute from Los Angeles to Boulder.
[*]Chapter 33-3 - Michael realizes the threat to Boulder from the missing Little One/Inkling and seeks to warn them of the danger.
[*]Chapter 34-1 - Boulder is over-run by Little Ones/Inklings. Datu and Hope are trapped in a strange house in South Boulder.[/List]
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The terrain around Boulder makes defense against a zombie threat challenging, but manageable.

• [B]West[/B]—The dominant terrain feature in the Boulder area is the Rocky Mountains mountain range, which rises like a wall along the entire western flank of the city. There are a handful of roads and trails through the Rockies, with the most important being Canyon Road, that runs from the city’s hydroelectric power plants straight into downtown Boulder.
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• [B]South[/B]—This is the direction where the greatest threat would seem to lie. Denver is less than 30 miles to the south, and it is a source of potentially endless zombie hordes. Luckily there are only a handful of roads between Denver and Boulder, passing through a region of rolling hills. Assuming the zombies tend to follow the roads, it would be possible to build a strong defense by blocking the roads where it passes between hills, and covering these blockages with fire from military positions.

• [B]East[/B]—This direction features a number of lakes and reservoirs, which channelize movement into the narrow areas between them. Once again it would be possible to build a strong defense by blocking these routes and covering them with fire from military positions.

• [B]North[/B]—There are larger hills and more lakes and reservoirs in this direction, which provide a basis for defense. The Boulder Airport sits outside the main metropolitan area northeast of the city. The greatest threat from this direction comes from the zombie populations of small cities like Longmont, Greeley and Fort Collins, which are more than 50 miles away.
Because of the terrain the largest concentrations of military forces are probably going to be to the south and east of Boulder, with lesser forces to the north and very little covering the west.

1. Zombie Griggs comes over the Rockies from the Chinook crash site and approaches Boulder from the west.

2. It comes across the hydro-electric plants that support the city, attacking and turning the maintenance crews and guards and knocking out the power.
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3. With its new posse, Zombie Griggs travels down Canyon Road into downtown Denver, just blocks from the City Council Building. The people at the command post learn of the attack when the zombies charge into their building.

4. At this point Boulder is effectively split in two, with zombies spreading out in all directions from the city center. Troops from the southern defenses attack into the city, retaking the City Council Building, and drawing the attention of the zombies in their direction.

Per KC, Datu and Hope are in the south area of Boulder. Pegs and Kelly are described as being in the north area of the city
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