Little Cochetopa Creek Trail, Salida Ranger District CO

This is a lightly used trail that starts from the end of a dirt road and climbs gradually toward the Continental Divide. It parallels the Little Cochetopa Creek and, while...

The hike to Pass Creek Lake trail climbs to a high mountain basin and a small lake at the treeline. The beginning of the hike is rocky and steep, but...

OK… OK… Technically, I only started on the Graham Gulch Trail. There I was, dutifully following the directions in “The Mellow Mountain Trails” book, when it told me to “stay...

I found myself back in the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness area again on Monday. I had been there before but I had hiked in from the opposite end on the Four...

Lake Ann, located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, is a spectacular alpine lake surrounded by beautiful mountain peaks. It’s about a 6.4 mile (round trip) hike – although my GPS...

Poplar Gulch lies just outside historic Saint Elmo, a ghost town with many original buildings. The trail begins at the base of Tincup Pass and winds up through pine and...

Taylor Reservoir was created in 1937 by the Taylor Park Dam and is surrounded by beautiful mountain peaks. It’s about an hour drive from Buena Vista (over Cottonwood Pass) and...

Buffalo Peaks Wilderness encompasses 41,232 acres and it gets it’s name from the 2 – 13,000+ foot Buffalo Peaks that are there. It’s one of those places you go to,...

At the top of Cottonwood Pass is the Skyline Hike. It’s only a 1.6 mile hike (round trip) to the small summit at 12,574′ in elevation but you can continue...

Ptarmigan Lake (12,154′ in elevation), which is a beautiful 6.4 mile hike (round trip), is named for the ptarmigan birds which live in the area year-round. The lake is just...

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