Colorado Mountains (Central)

Below is a list of Colorado hiking trails.  Many trails are found entirely within designated wilderness areas, national monuments, national conservation areas, and national parks.  Locate a trail by closest town or city.  Click on the hiking trail title to obtain a brief description of the trail, to grab directions to trailheads, to view pictures taken from or near the trail, and to look at trail maps.


 

Aspen

    1. Cathedral Lake  

    • Distance: 5.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Elk Mountains

Bailey

    1. Colorado Trail (Segments 4 & 5)      

    • Distance: 29.0 miles (shuttle)
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Front Range & Kenosha Range

    2. South Lost Creek Loop                    

    • Distance: 22.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Kenosha Mountains

Buena Vista

    1. Grizzly Lake                                    

    • Distance: 5.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate / Hard
    • Location: Sawatch Range

    2. Mount Yale (Fourteener)

    • Distance: 9.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Sawatch Range

  Dillon

    1. North Tenmile Creek

    • Distance: 7.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Gore Range

    2. Deer Creek Trail

    • Distance: 5.2 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Central Mountains

 Georgetown

    1. Grays & Torreys (Fourteeners)

    • Distance: 8.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Continental Divide

Grant

    1. Burning Bear

    • Distance: 11.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Guenella Pass

Idaho Springs

    1. Chicago Lakes

    • Distance: 9.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Echo Lake 

    2. Hells Hole

    • Distance: 7.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: North of Mount Evans 

Vail

    1. Mount of the Holy Cross (Fourteener)

    • Distance: 10.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: North Sawatch Range