Hikes

Whether you are just beginning or been hiking a while, these guides to trails should help you make a more informed choice on the next hikes. Each hike was performed by the Fatman (unless noted) and the reviews are my opinions.

Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

• Crystal Forest Easy
• Giant Logs Easy
• Painted Desert Rim Trail Easy
• Petrified Forest National Park Recap

Northern Arizona Hikes

• Horseshoe Bend Easy
• Kendrick Park Watchable Wildlife Trail Easy
• Meteor Crater National Landmark Easy
• Ooh Aah Point (Grand Canyon) Moderate

Phoenix Area Hikes

• Freedom Trail (#302) Moderate
• Mormon Loop to National Loop Moderate

Sedona

• Broken Arrow Trail Moderate
• Cathedral Rock Moderate
• Yavapai Vista Trail Easy

Colorado

Adams County Hikes

• Barr Lake Trail – Location Maps Easy
• Rocky Mountain Arsenal – Location Maps Easy

Alamosa County Hikes

• High Dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park (Completed) Hard
• High Dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park (Failed Attempt) Hard
• Great Sand Dunes Nature Trail Easy
• Zapata Falls Hike Easy

Arapahoe County Hikes

• Cherry Creek Trail and Cottonwood Trail Loop Easy

Archuleta County Hikes

• Chimney Rock National Monument
• Chimney Rock National Monument Nature Trail Easy

Boulder County Hikes

• Bald Mountain Scenic Area Easy
• Boulder Falls Easy
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Blue Lake – Location Maps Moderate
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Lake Isabelle – Location Maps Moderate
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Long Lake Loop (Winter) – Location Maps Moderate
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Mt. Audubon – Locaton Maps Hard
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Niwot Ridge – Location Maps Moderate
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Brainard Lake Winter Road Easy
• Brainard Lake Rec Area – Lefthand Reservoir Winter Moderate
• Button Rock Dam/Sleepy Lion Trail – Location Maps Moderate
• Caribou Ranch Open Space – Location Maps Easy
• Eldorado Canyon SP – Continental Divide Overlook/Rattlesnake Gulch – Location Maps Moderate
• Forsythe Canyon to Waterfall and Gross Reservoir – Location Maps Easy
• Jasper Lake from Hessie Trailhead Moderate
• Mount Sanitas and Sanitas Valley Loop Hard
• Royal Arch – Location Maps Hard
• Ouzel Lake – RMNP Moderate

Chaffee County Hikes

• Arkansas River from Hecla Junction Easy
• Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More Moderate
• Harvard Lakes Moderate
• Kroenke Lake Moderate
• Narrow Gauge Trail 1432
• Ptarmigan Lake Trail Moderate
• Race Track Loop Moderate

Clear Creek County Hikes

• Beaver Brook Watershed – Location Maps Moderate
• Chicago Lakes via Echo Lake – Location Maps Hard
• Chief Mountain – Location Maps Moderate
• Floyd Hill Loop Moderate
• Grizzly Gulch Moderate
• Hell’s Hole Trail – Location Maps Moderate
• Hell’s Hole Trail Winter – Location Maps Hard
• Herman Gulch – Location maps Hard
• Peaks to Plains: Oxbow to Mayhem Gulch – Locaton Maps Easy
• Mount Flora Moderate
• Mt. Sniktau Hard
• Rotary Peak – Location Maps Moderate
• Ruby Gulch Moderate
• Silver Dollar Lake Trail – Location Maps Moderate
• Squaw Mountain – Moderate
• St. Mary’s Glacier – Location Info Moderate

Conejos County Hikes

• Trujillo Meadows Reservoir Easy

Costilla County Hikes

• High Dune, Great Sand Dunes National Park Moderate
• Stations of the Cross Shrine Easy

Denver County Hikes

• Cherry Creek Path Denver Easy

Dolores County Hikes

• Colorado’s Only Geyser Moderate

Douglas County Hikes

• Castlewood Canyon State Park – Location Maps Moderate
• Castlewood Canyon SP: Rimrock to Creek Bottom Loop – Location Maps Moderate
• Dawson Butte Ranch Easy
• Mitchell Creek Canyon – Location Maps Easy
• Ridgeline Open Space Loop – Location Maps Moderate
• Roxborough State Park – Location maps Moderate UPDATED!!!
• Roxborough State Park Fountain Valley Loop
• Rueter-Hess Incline Moderate
• Sandstone Ranch Open Space: Juniper Valley Loop Easy
• Sandstone Ranch Open Space: Ranch Overlook – Location Maps Easy
• Spruce Mountain Loop – Location Maps Moderate
• Waterton Canyon – Location Maps Easy

Eagle County Hikes

• Pitkin Lake Trail – Location Maps Hard
• Booth Lake Trail – Location Maps Hard

El Paso County Hikes

• Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs Hard
• Chautauqua Mountain Moderate
• Garden of the Gods Easy
• North Cheyenne Canyon Park – St. Mary’s Falls Moderate
• Mount Esther via Crowe Gulch Moderate
• Paint Mines Interpretive Park Easy
• Palmer Trail Section 16 – Location Maps Moderate
• Pikes Peak (Slim Pickings by Cristin) Hard
• Red Rocks Canyon Open Space – Hogback Ridge Moderate

Elbert County Hikes

• Casey Jones Park Easy

Fremont County Hikes

• Arkansas River Canyon Rim and Overlook Loop Moderate

Garfield County Hikes

• Doc Holiday’s Grave Moderate
• Mushroom Rock Moderate

Gilpin County Hikes

• Rogers Pass Lake Moderate
• Lower Crater Lakes Moderate

Grand County Hikes

• Jim Creek Trail Moderate

Huerfano County Hikes

• Martin Lake Loop at Lathrop State Park Easy

Jackson County Hikes

• Kelly Lake at State Forest State Park Hard

Jefferson County Hikes

• Alderfer/Three Sisters Park – Location Maps Moderate
• Bergen Peak – Location Maps Hard
• Chavez and Beaver Brook Loop Moderate
• Chair Rocks via Colorado Trail Moderate
• Cheesman Canyon Trail – Location Info Moderate
• Corwina Park/Panorama Peak – Location Maps Moderate
• Deer Creek Canyon Park: Bill Couch Mountain – Location Maps Moderate
• Flying J Ranch – Location Maps Easy
• Genesee Mountain – Location Maps Moderate
• Golden Gate Canyon: Black Bear to Horseshoe Loop – Location Maps Hard
• Golden Gate Canyon: Burro, Windy Peak, Mountain Lion Loop – Location Maps Hard
• Golden Gate Canyon SP: Mule Deer – Location Maps Moderate
• Golden Gate Canyon: Snowshoe Hare Location Maps Moderate
• Green Mountain – Location maps Moderate
• Green Mountain (Buffalo Creek) – Location Maps Moderate
• Lair O’ The Bear – Location Maps Easy
• Matthews-Winters Park – Location Maps Moderate
• Maxwell Falls – Location Maps Moderate
• Meyer Ranch – Location Maps Moderate
• Mount Falcon – Location Maps Moderate
• Mount Falcon Upper Loop Moderate
• Mt Galbraith – Location Maps Moderate
• North Table Mountain – Location Maps Moderate
• O’Fallon Park – Location Maps Moderate
• Peaks to Plains: Oxbow to Mayhem Gulch – Locaton Maps Easy
• Pence Park Independence Mountain – Location Maps Moderate
• Pine Valley Ranch Park – Location Maps Moderate
• Pine Valley Ranch Buck Gulch Long Loop – Location Maps Moderate
• Raleigh Peak Trail – Location Maps Moderate
• Reynolds Park – Location Maps Moderate
• South Table Mountain Moderate
• Staunton State Park Elk Falls – Location maps Moderate
• Staunton State Park Davis Ponds – Location maps Easy
• Staunton State Park Lion’s Head Long Loop – Location maps Hard
• Staunton State Park: Mason Creek Moderate
• Staunton State Park Old Mill and Overlooks – Location Maps Moderate
• Staunton State Park Staunton Ranch to Scout Line – Location Maps Moderate
• Staunton State Park: West Meadow via new Lazy V Parking lot Moderate
• White Ranch Park – Location Maps Moderate

La Plata County Hikes

• Hiking Lake Nighthorse Easy
• Falls Creek Waterfall Easy

Lake County Hikes

• Timberline Lake Trail

Larimer County Hikes

• RMNP: Bierstadt Lake – Location Maps Moderate
• RMNP: Cub Lake to the Pool Loop Moderate
• RMNP: Fern and Odessa Lakes Moderate
• RMNP: Deer Mountain Trail Moderate
• RMNP: Bear Lake Trailhead: Lakes Loop Moderate
• RMNP: Nymph, Dream and Emerald Lakes in Winter Moderate
• RMNP: Mills Lake from Bear Lake Moderate
• RMNP: Sprague Lake Easy
• RMNP: Twin Sisters Peaks Trail – Location maps Hard

Las Animas County Hikes

• Fisher’s Peak State Park Challenge Trail Hard
• Long’s Canyon Trail at Trinidad Lake State Park Easy
• Trinidad Lake State Park Loop Easy

Mesa County Hikes

• Colorado National Monument
• Canyon Rim to Window Rock – Colorado National Monument Easy
• Coke Oven Trail – Colorado National Monument Moderate
• Otto’s Trail – Colorado National Monument Easy

Mineral County Hikes

• Treasure Falls

Montezuma County Hikes

• Dolores River Trail Easy
• Park Point Overlook at Mesa Verde National Park Easy
• Point Lookout at Mesa Verde National Park Moderate
• Mesa Verde National Park
• McPhee Overlook Trail Moderate

Morgan County Hikes

• Riverside Park in Fort Morgan Easy

Ouray County Hikes

• Ouray Perimeter Trail Moderate

Park County Hikes

• Abyss Trail to Helms Lake Hard to Moderate
• Ben Tyler Trail – Location maps Hard
• Burning Bear #601 Moderate
• French Pass Trail Moderate
• Gibson Lake Trail Moderate to Hard
• Hoosier Pass Loop Moderate
• Hoosier Pass Winter Moderate
• Kenosha Pass North Moderate
• Meridian Trail to Rosedale – Location Maps Moderate
• Pennsylvania Mountain Moderate
• Tanglewood Trail – Location maps Hard
• Whiteside #697a Trail Moderate

Pueblo County Hikes

• Lake Pueblo State Park Canyon Loop Easy

Rio Blanco County Hikes

• East Fourmile Draw Easy

Rio Grand County Hikes

• Lookout Mountain Loop Del Norte

Routt County Hikes

• Fiddlehead Trail Easy
• Fish Creek Falls and Overlook Easy

Saguache County Hikes

• La Garita Arch

San Miguel County Hikes

• Telluride River Hike Easy

Summit County Hikes

• Bald Mountain (Breckenridge) – Location Maps Hard
• Boreas Pass and Baker Tank Loop Moderate to Easy
• South Willow Creek Falls via Mesa-Cortina – Location Maps Moderate
• McCullough Gulch – Location Maps Hard
• Meadow Creek to Eccles Pass – Location Maps Hard
• Mohawk Lakes via Spruce Creek – Location Maps Hard
• Mount Royal – Location Maps Hard
• Peaks Trail to Gold Hill – Location Maps Moderate
• Willow Lakes via Willow Creek Trail – Location Maps Hard

Teller County Hikes

• Crags Trail –Location Maps Moderate
• Mueller State Park Trails 18,17 loop – Location maps Moderate
• Mueller State Parks Overlook Loop Moderate
• Rock Pond and Brook Pond at Mueller State Park Moderate
• Pancake Rocks and Horsethief Falls Moderate

Weld County Hikes

• Pawnee Buttes Easy

Nebraska

• Chadron State Park Easy
• Scotts Bluff Easy

New Mexico

McKinley County Hikes

• Church Rock Moderate

Raton Hikes

• Capulin Volcano Rim and Vent Loop Moderate
• Climax Canyon East Loop Moderate
• Little Horse Mesa Moderate

Santa Fe Hikes

• Dale Ball Trails to Picacho Peak Moderate
• Fort Union National Monument Overview
• Fort Union National Monument Hike Easy
• Lookout Point at Villanueva State Park Moderate
• Pecos National Historic Monument Easy
• Pecos: Glorieta Pass Battle Loop Moderate
• Sun Mountain Moderate

White Sands National Park

• White Sands National Park Overview
• Alkali Flats Moderate
• Boardwalk of the Dunes Easy

South Dakota

• Mount Rushmore Easy
• Mount Roosevelt Friendship tower – Location Maps Easy
• 76 Trail – Location Maps Moderate
• Roughlock Falls Easy
• The Town of Deadwood Easy
• Black Hills National Forest Spearfish Falls – Location Maps Easy

Tennessee Hiking

Middle Tennessee

• Bledsoe Creek State Park: High Ridge and Shoreline Loop Easy to Moderate
• Radnor Lake State Park Easy to Moderate

Utah Hiking

Arches National Park

• Arches National Park
• The Arches
• Delicate Arch Moderate
• Devils Garden Hard
• Park Avenue Trail Easy

Bryce Canyon

• Bryce Canyon National Park Overview
• Mossy Cave Easy
• Peek-A-Boo Loop Moderate
• Queen’s Garden Loop Moderate
• Sunrise at Bryce Canyon Easy

Canyonlands

• Sunrise at Mesa Arch Easy
• Grand View Point Trail Easy
• Island in the Sky Easy
• Whale Rock Easy

Capitol Reef

• Capitol Reef National Park
• Cassidy Arch Moderate
• Hickman Land Bridge Moderate
• Grand Wash Easy

Park City/Salt Lake City

• Brighton Lakes Moderate
• Bloods Lake Moderate
• Donut Falls Moderate
• Gordon Creek Falls Moderate
• Gloria Falls Moderate

Emery County

• Little Wild Horse Canyon Moderate

Garfield County

• Butch Cassidy Childhood Home

Southern Utah

• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Lloyds Lake Easy

Wyoming

• Devils Tower – Location Maps Easy
• Curt Gowdy State Park – Location Maps Moderate