Trails with a Location of Colorado

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Sand Creek Greenway Trail

horseback rider on Sand Creek Trail in Colorado

The Sand Creek Trail near Denver, CO is a diamond in the rough. It would definitely be considered an urban trail as it winds its way through industrial areas, oil refineries, and some pretty rough neighborhoods. But here’s a surprise… I like it. First of all, it is those rough characteristics that make this trail …

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Rio Grande Trail

Rio Grande bike trail from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, Colorado

Colorado’s Rio Grande Trail near Aspen The Rio Grande Trail runs from Glenwood Springs, Colorado to Aspen, Colorado. A great weekend trail plan includes an Amtrak train ride through the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains and then a couple days on the Glenwood Canyon Trail and the Rio Grande Trail. You can find information about this …

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Brainard Lake Snowshoe Trail

The snowshoe trail to Brainard Lake is a Goldilocks trail; Not too easy, not too hard. It starts in a spacious parking lot and wanders up and down through a winter wonderland, past a large pond and into a mountainous cirque that contains Brainard Lake, a favorite among local hikers, snowshoers, & nordic skiers. The …

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Ralston Creek Trail

Cement trail meanders through wildflowers.

As Ralston Creek meanders through the suburbs of Arvada, CO, the Ralston Creek Trail shadows the creek most of the way. A great place to start this trail is in Morrison or in Bear Creek State Park. Either way, you would start out on the Bear Creek Trail, but easily switch over to the Ralston …

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Poudre River Trail

cement trail in Greeley, Colorado

This is a wonderful trail, but if you’re interested in riding the entire 20 miles, you may want to avoid it during the first week of July when the Greeley Stampede is in full swing. During the Stampede, the first section of the trail is closed because the trail starts at Island Grove Park in …

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Platte River Trail

platte river trail in downtown denver near confluence park

Eventually the Platte River Trail will become part of the Colorado Front Range Trail that will extend all the way through Colorado from Wyoming down to New Mexico.

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