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Hiking in Colorado
Northern Colorado Outdoors loves to hike! We have several hiking events throughout the month. We include Urban Hiking in our myriad of events! Come try it out!
Hiking in and around the Northern Colorado Area:
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Wonderful hiking in a beautiful state park just west of Fort Collins. This loop takes you up to Arthur’s Rock, traveling over beautiful flower-filled hills, with views to the east of Horsetooth Reserv...
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From the guidebook "Hiking Colorado's Front Range"
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Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 3.6 miles
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The rushing waters of the spring runoff make this the ideal time of year to view this lovely waterfall. This hike to Bridal Veil Falls utilizes the excellent trail system of Rocky Mountain National Pa... |
| From the guidebook "The Colorado Year Round Outdoor Guide" |
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| Drake, CO - Hiking - 6.8 miles |
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At the time of its designation in 1980, the Cache La Poudre Wilderness Area was one of colorado’s least controversial. Colorado’s conservation community joined with the forest service and the congress... |
| From the guidebook "The Complete Guide to Colorado's Wilderness Areas" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 3 miles |
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Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area, tagged as the jewel of the high plains, is an excellent and rare example of how the Colorado Front Range looked before it was settled. The rolling terrain, wetlands,... |
| From the guidebook "60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 4.8 miles |
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Hikers and wildlife share this low-snowfall area — the former for recreation, the latter for ideal winter range. Crosier Mountain lies in an area of relatively little snowfall and can usually be hiked... |
| From the guidebook "The Colorado Year Round Outdoor Guide" |
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| Drake, CO - Hiking - 8.6 miles |
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A nice family hike along the base of the Devil’s Backbone just west of Loveland.... |
| From the guidebook "Hiking Colorado's Front Range" |
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| Loveland, CO - Hiking - 2.7 miles |
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A strenuous hike up to the summit of Sheep Mountain, (8,450 feet) high above the Big Thompson River and Canyon. The trail is well marked with mileage markers and informative signs pointing out informa... |
| From the guidebook "Hiking Colorado's Front Range" |
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| Loveland, CO - Hiking - 9 miles |
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Fall or spring is the time of year for this enjoyable hike to an aptly-named foothills summit. Infamous Donner Pass in California was the site of a tragedy in the winter of 1847; a group of immigrants... |
| From the guidebook "The Colorado Year Round Outdoor Guide" |
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| Masonville, CO - Hiking - 5.8 miles |
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Stretching across the northern border of Rocky Mountain National Park, the Mummy Range holds both rugged granite faces and gently rolling alpine terrain. This dichotomy of landscapes resulted from bot... |
| From the guidebook "100 Classic Hikes in Colorado" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 10 miles |
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The Poudre River Trail began as a joint venture between the City of Fort Collins, the City of Greeley, and the town of Windsor. The trail extends 19 miles one-way from Greeley to Fort Collins along th... |
| From the guidebook "60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 9 miles |
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A warm, south-facing slope and some fun scrambling — spring hiking doesn’t get much better than this. For this early in the hiking season, a good hike will be on a south facing slope with not too much... |
| From the guidebook "The Colorado Year Round Outdoor Guide" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 6.4 miles |
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Horsetooth Rock is an important Front Range landmark and is affectionately known as The Tooth to locals. This trail combines a short walk through wildflowers to Horsetooth Falls with a longer hike thr... |
| From the guidebook "60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 7.2 miles |
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Lory State Park is a hiker’s dream with many trails designated “foot only.” Situated next to Horsetooth Reservoir, trails climb into the nearby Montane foothills with ponderosa pine and Douglas fir fo... |
| From the guidebook "Hiking Colorado" |
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| Laporte, CO - Hiking - 6.6 miles |
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At 9,380 acres, the Cache La Poudre Wilderness is one of the smallest wilderness areas in the state. Nevertheless, hikers who reach the summit of the wilderness area’s Mount McConnel will be rewarded ... |
| From the guidebook "100 Classic Hikes in Colorado" |
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| Fort Collins, CO - Hiking - 5 miles |
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