Hiking in Colorado | Travel Journal

Vien and Hermann have been hiking together in Colorado for almost fourteen years. But prior to their marriage, Hermann has explored hiking trails and climbed fourteeners since 1980.

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YOUR REFERENCE TO HIKING IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN

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ARAPAHO NATIONAL FOREST

Butler Gulch Trail – 6 miles
Herman Gulch Trail – 7.5 miles
Second Creek Trail to Twin Cones – 4.6 to 6 miles
Silver Dollar & Murray Lake Trail – 7 miles
Watrous Gulch Trail – 6 miles

COLLEGIATE PEAKS – SAWATCH RANGE, BUENA VISTA

Hartenstein Lake –7 miles
Browns Pass – 8 miles
Kroenke Lake – 8.6 to 10 miles
Lake Ann – 6.6 miles
Ptarmigan Lake – 7.5 miles

COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT – Grand Junction/Fruita

Monument Canyon Trail/Wedding Canyon Trail – 5 to 7.2 miles

CRESTED BUTTE, GUNNISON COUNTY

Three Lakes Trail – 4.5 miles
Snodgrass Mountain - 4 miles
Oh-Be-Joyful Trail – 8 miles

GORE RANGE – EAGLES NEST WILDERNESS

Eaglesmere Lake – 8 miles
Lower Cataract Lake Loop Trail – 2.5 miles
Tipperary & Surprise Lakes Loop – 10 to 11 miles
Pitkin Lake Trail – 11 miles
Wheeler Lakes – 7.5 miles
Piney Lake to Lost Lake – 7 miles
North Ten Mile Creek Trail – 6 miles or longer

HINSDALE COUNTY, LAKE CITY

American Basin – 4 miles
Williams Creek Trail – 7 miles

HOLY CROSS WILDERNESS – SAWATCH RANGE

Missouri Lakes – 8.5 miles
Lake Constantine – 9 miles
Lyle & Mormon Lakes – 7 to 10 miles

INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS – FRONT RANGE

Lost Lake to Devils Thumb Trail – 6.5 miles
Woodland Lake – 9.5 miles
Diamond Lakes – 9 miles
Arapaho Pass/Lake Dorothy – 8 to 9 miles
Long Lake (1.0 mile) & Lake Isabelle – 6 miles
Mitchell Lake & Blue Lake – 6 miles

JAMES PEAK WILDERNESS/ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FOREST – SOUTH BOULDER CREEK TRAIL

Forest Lakes – 9 miles
Crater Lakes – 6.5 to 7.5 miles
Rogers Pass Lake – 9 miles
Heart Lake – 10 miles

MAROON BELLS – SNOWMASS WILDERNESS-WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST

Maroon Lake Trails
Crater Lake Trail – 6 miles
American Lake – 7 miles
Cathedral Lake – 6.5 miles

MOSQUITO RANGE, PIKE & SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST

Mohawk Lakes (Spruce Creek Trailhead) – 8 miles
Mayflower Gulch – 6 to 7 miles

MOUNT EVANS WILDERNESS

Echo Lake – 1.3 mile
Chicago Lakes – 8.5 - 10 miles
Beartrack Lakes & Cub Creek Trails – 5 to 10 miles
Mount Bierstadt – 8 miles

NORTH SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

Blue Lakes Trail – 10 miles
Portland Creek Trail-Chief Ouray Mine - 8 miles

PIKE NATIONAL FOREST

Shelf Lake – 7 - 9 miles
Square Top Lakes/South Park Trail – 4 miles

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

Chasm Lake via East Longs Peak Trailhead – 8.4 miles
Twin Sisters Peak – 7.5 miles
Estes Cone – East Longs Peak Trailhead - 6.5 miles/from Lily Lake via Storm Pass Trail - 7.5 miles
Bear Lake to Loch Vale to Lake of Glass to Sky Pond Trail – 6.5 to 10 miles
Bear Lake, Odessa Lake to Fern Lake – 10 miles
Bierstadt Lake to Bear Lake to Sprague Lake – 8 to 9 miles
Chipmunk Lake & Ypsilon Lake – 9.5 miles
Bear Lake to Black Lake, Mills Lake, Jewel Lake – 11 miles (Black Lake/Mills Lake/Jewel Lakes)
Dream Lake, Lake Haiyaha, Emerald Lake, Nymph Lake – 7.5 miles
Bear Lake, Dream Lakes, Alberta Falls – 5.5 miles
Dream Lake to Emerald Lakes – 4.5 miles
Lumpy Ridge/Gem Lake – 5.5 miles
Mill Lake to Jewel Lakes - 7.5 miles
Chasm Falls – 3 miles
Bridal Veil Falls – 7 miles
Cub Lake – 6.5 miles
Deer Mountain – 6.5 miles