Hiking & Backpacking
Hiking offers peace to your harried mind. With four National Wilderness Areas
and two Wilderness Study Areas, plus hundreds of miles of trails to explore,
you’ll find that your busy life fades away. Some of the most splendid scenery
in the United States will fill you with wonder.
If you are feeling hardy, there are six Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet in
elevation) in the immediate area, along with dozens of Thirteeners. Trails to
the Fourteeners are generally busier than other trails.
Most of these climbs are located within one of four Wilderness Areas:
Uncompahgre, Powderhorn, La Garita, and the Weminuche, or in the
Redcloud Peak or Handies Peak Wilderness Study Areas (WSA). Motorized
vehicles and bicycles are not permitted in these places.
Extend your hiking experience by backpacking and camping along way.
Hiking & Backpacking Trails
Maps of these trails are available at the Visitor Center and at area stores.
Alpine Gulch 6 miles
American Basin (to Handies Peak) 3.2 miles
Big Blue Creek 12 miles
Canon Infierno 6 miles
Cataract Gulch 4.1 miles
Cooper Creek 3.7 miles
Cottonwood Creek 4.1 miles
Crystal Lake 4 miles
Cuba Gulch 3.25 miles
Devil's Creek 6.8 miles
Larson Lakes 7.1 miles
Powderhorn Lakes 4.5 miles
Powderhorn Park 6.3 miles
Wager Gulch 4.8 miles
Waterdog Lake 3.8 miles
Weminuche Pass to Continental Divide 4.5 miles
Williams Creek 7.5 miles
Trails to Fourteeners
Maps of these trails are available at the Visitor Center and at area stores.
Handies Peak (via Grizzly Gulch) 4.2 miles
Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks 5.7 miles
San Luis Peak (via Stewart Creek Loop) 8 miles
Uncompahgre Peak 2.5 miles
Wetterhorn Peak 3 miles
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Hiking offers peace to your harried mind. With four National Wilderness Areas
and two Wilderness Study Areas, plus hundreds of miles of trails to explore,
you’ll find that your busy life fades away. Some of the most splendid scenery
in the United States will fill you with wonder.
If you are feeling hardy, there are six Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet in
elevation) in the immediate area, along with dozens of Thirteeners. Trails to
the Fourteeners are generally busier than other trails.
Most of these climbs are located within one of four Wilderness Areas:
Uncompahgre, Powderhorn, La Garita, and the Weminuche, or in the
Redcloud Peak or Handies Peak Wilderness Study Areas (WSA). Motorized
vehicles and bicycles are not permitted in these places.
Extend your hiking experience by backpacking and camping along way.
Hiking & Backpacking Trails
Maps of these trails are available at the Visitor Center and at area stores.
Alpine Gulch 6 miles
American Basin (to Handies Peak) 3.2 miles
Big Blue Creek 12 miles
Canon Infierno 6 miles
Cataract Gulch 4.1 miles
Cooper Creek 3.7 miles
Cottonwood Creek 4.1 miles
Crystal Lake 4 miles
Cuba Gulch 3.25 miles
Devil's Creek 6.8 miles
Larson Lakes 7.1 miles
Powderhorn Lakes 4.5 miles
Powderhorn Park 6.3 miles
Wager Gulch 4.8 miles
Waterdog Lake 3.8 miles
Weminuche Pass to Continental Divide 4.5 miles
Williams Creek 7.5 miles
Trails to Fourteeners
Maps of these trails are available at the Visitor Center and at area stores.
Handies Peak (via Grizzly Gulch) 4.2 miles
Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks 5.7 miles
San Luis Peak (via Stewart Creek Loop) 8 miles
Uncompahgre Peak 2.5 miles
Wetterhorn Peak 3 miles
Chamber Members Contact Us
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Site by Mary Carkin Media.
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