Distance: 8.0 Miles Round Trip Elevation Gain: 2500′ Starting Elevation: 10,200′ Rating: Moderately Difficult My husband and I decided to venture out this Labor Day weekend and hike the Arapahoe Glacier Trail. We knew it would probably be busy because of it’s close proximity to the front range and we weren’t wrong! Yikes! I counted [...]
Distance: 7.4 Miles (From Kite Lake Trailhead) Elevation Gain: 3800′ Starting Elevation: 11,240′ Rating: Difficult If you’re in Colorado for a short time and just want to get that fourteener in you back pocket, this hike will get you bragging rights with all your friends. Now, I’m of the mind that the journey is what’s [...]
Distance: 8.0 Miles (From CR 18 Leavick Townsite) Elevation Gain: 2800′ Starting Elevation: 11,240′ Rating: Difficult This hike made me really consider how the writers of all these hiking books classify how difficult a hike really is. I’ve done quite a few hikes in Colorado and am up to about 10 fourteeners and it really [...]
Distance: 5.6-9.3 miles RT (depending on trailhead) Elevation Gain: 2750′-4450′ Starting Elevation: 11,600′ Rating: Difficult Another notorious Colorado 14er. Handies is not too difficult and can be reached from Lake City via the Alpine Loop to American Basin where the trailhead is. There are a few options for hiking Handies so I would recommend Gerry [...]