Colorado Trail Segment 5 is by far the most pretty of the first 5 segments of the 485 trail. Segment 5 is 14.6 miles long with 1,858 feet of elevation gain. The segment is mostly through open fields, rolling hills and ends on beautiful Kenosha Pass which is littered with Aspen Trees. As of…
Colorado Trail Segment 4 is by far the most pretty of the first 4 segments while working through 16.6 miles of hiking and 3,330 feet of elevation gain. The segment starts off with a large climb on miles 3-7, works through a beautiful 5 mile field with endless views and ends in a valley…
Colorado Trail Segment 3 is the third segment of the Colorado Trail that stretches from Littleton, Colorado to Durango Colorado. This segment is popular with day mountain bikers and has moderate traffic. Colorado Trail segment 3 starts at Little Scraggy TH and ends at Rolling Creek TH. The trail is 12.5 miles long with…
Little Bear Peak is one of the shorter 14ers in the state of Colorado if you have a 4×4 vehicle, but it is also widely known as one of the most dangerous. While some think this is due to the technical difficulty in the class 4 section called the hourglass, I would argue that…
North Eolus & Mt Eolus are a pair of 14ers located in southern Colorado. Part of the Weminuche Wilderness, these two peaks require a long approach via the Chicago Basin. Both peaks are Class 3, but I would say that Eolus Peak is slightly more technical than North Eolus. The two mountains are connected…
Sunlight Peak & Windom Peak are a pair of 14ers located in the Chicago Basin of the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado. Part of the Weminuche Wilderness, these two peaks require a long approach via the Chicago Basin. Sunlight Peak is a Class 4 hike with a solid amount of exposure to reach its…
