This site is designed to provide quick access to informative Colorado hiking websites. Hiking enthusiasts like you have created excellent web pages on Colorado hiking trails -- then posted those pages on free web servers -- only to be ignored by search engines. The purpose of this site is to provide a way to find these personal hiking pages, and make your research easier.
American Discovery Trail The ADT crosses the eastern plains of Colorado following the paths of explorers and pioneers. West of Denver, the towering Rocky Mountains provide magnificent backcountry travel through six national forests on trails that rise above timberline. The ADT crosses 15 mountain passes over 9,000 feet high including four that are above 12,000 feet. The route crosses the Continental Divide twice and uses portions of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and the Colorado Trail. "official" site.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests this is the specific hiking page with an alphabetical trail-by-trail roster, most of which you can then click on for detailed directions and trail info. This site is comprehensive and quite valuable.
Colorado National Monument NPS home page for this monument. Not enough information on hiking trails, but it will get you started. Or just look at the next site...
Colorado National Monument This is more like it. This link goes to the Colorado NM "index" page on the ProTrails.com site. Here you can link to some nice in-depth trail descriptions - with photos, details, etc - on a number of trails from the Black Ridge - Alcove Nature Trailhead, Canyon Rim Trailhead (that's the stuff near the Visitor Center), the upper trailhead at Monument Canyon, and the Window Rock Trailhead (that's the popular one at Saddlehorn Campground). Anyway, Dave Schwartz and crew do a great job with the ProTrails site, lots of good stuff, definitely click this. You'll see we've got quite a few links to ProTrails here at the Slackpacker. One of my favorite hikes at Colorado NM is the short Coke Ovens overlook. (it's described on ProTrails, specifically here) Well I guess it isn't the greatest trail in the park, but it is a good one, short/easy...mostly I just have fond memories of taking my twin daughters on this one at age two. Sorry to ramble on here, just click the link. Good site.
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Here's a general site, from the CDT Alliance. Plenty of info, maps, etc.
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail site for section through the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests. Hosted by US Forest Service, lists access points, mileages, trail descriptions, and more. Very good site; one of the better USFS sites.
Eagles Next Wilderness Area • Lily Pad Lake Trail Page provides very clear directions, description, and superb photos for this easy 2 mi hike near Silverthorne. It's actually a "freebie" culled from Kim Fenske's book, Greatest Hikes in Central Colorado. Hey, we'll take all the freebies we can get!
Estes Park Area Big Thompson/Estes Park Trail descriptions with maps, in .pdf format. Absolute must download; a mini-book of about 8 key trails, including Round Mountain Trail, North Fork Trail, Lion Gulch & Homestead Meadows, Crosier Mountain Trail, Bulwark Ridge and others. A significant resource; again, this is a .pdf file.
Fort CollinsThis is the entry page for Fort Collins on the LocalHikes.com website. At this time it has about six hikes...what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality. Great photos, descriptions, details...bookmark this one if you're local. Top quality site.
General The 10th Mountain Division Hut system is located in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado between Aspen, Leadville, and Vail. Styled after the European tradition of hut-to-hut travel, 24 huts provide overnight shelter for seasoned backcountry skiers and riders, snowshoers, mountain bikers, and backpackers.
