Colorado Mountains (North)


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.

Estes Park

    1. Bear Lake

    • Distance: 0.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Location: Rocky Mountain National Park

    2. Fern Lake

    • Distance: 7.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate / Hard
    • Location: Rocky Mountain National Park

    3. Longs Peak (Fourteener)

    • Distance: 14.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Very Hard
    • Location: Rocky Mountain National Park

Granby

    1. Bowen Lake Loop

    • Distance: 16.5 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard / Very Hard
    • Location: Never Summer Wilderness Area

Nederland

    1. Lost Lake

    • Distance: 3.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    2. Devil's Thumb Pass

    • Distance: 14.2 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Very Hard
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    3. Arapaho Pass & Caribou Lake

    • Distance: 6.4 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    4. Woodland Lake

    • Distance: 8.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    5. Diamond Lake

    • Distance: 5.2 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    6. Bob, Betty & King Lakes

    • Distance: 12.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Very Hard
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    7. Lake Isabelle

    • Distance: 4.2 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    8. Fourth of July Road

    • Distance: 10.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Location: Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

    9. James Peak

    • Distance: 8.0 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: James Peak Wilderness Area

 Steamboat Springs

    1. Continental Divide Trail

    • Distance: 63.0 miles (shuttle)
    • Difficulty: Very Hard
    • Location: WY / CO Border

    2. Devil's Causeway

    • Distance: 5.6 miles roundtrip
    • Difficulty: Hard
    • Location: Flat Tops Wilderness Area