GoLite Hex 3 Nest Tent Denver CO

Activities: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing

Info:
State: Colorado
Location: Pike & San Isabel National Forests
Length: One-Way: 1.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 7600 feet
Maximum Elevation: 9100 feet
Best Season: Summer, Fall
Usage: Heavy

Description: The 7 Bridges Trail is a heavily used trail. There are numerous side trails but the main trail turns into Pipeline Trail # 668 which goes to Frosty Park. The 7 Bridges Trail is also known as North Cheyenne Creek Trail. Many of the bridges have been destroyed due to floods.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Colorado
Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Length: One-Way: 10 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 9800 feet
Maximum Elevation: 12000 feet
Elevation Change: 2400 feet
Best Season: Summer, Fall
Difficulty: Difficult
Usage: Moderate

Description: The Bard Creek Trail follows the mountain ridge north of Georgetown and provides numerous views of the Georgetown as well as the Continental Divide. Traveling through fields of wildflowers, groves of aspen trees and passing several abandoned mines, Bard Creek Trail offers countless photo opportunities. The last mile joins with the Watrous Gulch Trail and takes you to Interstate 70. When the snow falls, the Bard Creek Trail becomes the domain of snowshoers and backcountry skiers.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Colorado
Location: Denver
Length: One-Way: 5.3 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Elevation Change: 385 feet
Best Season: Year-Round
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Moderate

Description: Trail is open year round, except after big snowstorms. Boulder Canyon runs along an old railroad, through the lower portion of the canyon. It is a dirt path, but it is wide enough to be used by myriad non-motorized hikers. Rock climbers often are seen climbing the many popular areas near the trail. The Boulder Canyon path becomes paved and exits through Eben G. Fine Park and continues through Central Park and onto the University of Colorado campus.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Colorado
Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Length: One-Way: 4.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 10500 feet
Maximum Elevation: 12541 feet
Best Season: June to October
Difficulty: Difficult
Usage: Heavy

Description: The first quarter mile of the Pawnee Pass Trail to Long Lake is a high standard, very heavily used trail. At the east end of Long Lake, the Jean Lunning Trail turns left (south). The Pawnee Pass Trail enters the Indian Peaks Wilderness, continues along Long Lake as a wide, fairly flat trail and a quarter mile beyond the end of the lake, meets the Jean Lunning Trail again. A fine easy hike is a three mile loop around Long Lake on the Pawnee Pass and Jean Lunning Trails. Beyond the Jean Lunning Trail junction, the Pawnee Pass Trail continues up the valley at a gentle grade through wooded terrain, then makes a short climb to Lake Isabelle, which sits just below treeline. At the east end of Lake Isabelle, the Isabelle Glacier Trail #908 continues along the north shore of Lake Isabelle to the source of the South St. Vrain Creek the Isabelle Glacier. The Pawnee Pass Trail turns right (north) and climbs on a graded switchback trail. The trail first crosses a couple creeks and circles under a ridge above Lake Isabelle, then gains a wide bench above treeline by a series of short switchbacks. There is another steep switchback pitch which may hold snow late into the summer, to the top of Pawnee Pass (el. 12,541 feet). Continuing westward on the Pawnee Pass Trail (Trail #1 on the west side of the Divide) would take you 9 3/4 miles to Monarch Lake via the Cascade Creek Trail. When the snow falls, the Pawnee Pass Trail becomes the domain of snowshoers.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Colorado
Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Length: One-Way: 3 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 9100 feet
Maximum Elevation: 10500 feet
Best Season: Summer, Fall
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate

Description: Within a mile of starting this hike, the Beaver Meadows Trail leads you into a scenic meadow filled will beaver ponds dotting the area. Climbing slowly, you dart back into the trees before coming upon another meadow. This is where the Resthouse Meadows Fire burned 1,076 acres in 1964. The Beaver Meadows Trail is closed from January 1 June 15 for Elk Calving. It is common to see snowshoers along the Beaver Meadows Trail in the early part of the winter season.