Tag: Colorado Trail
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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Colorado Trail: 10 tales from 10 trails on 10 days while mountain biking solo
A rock ‘n’ roll start and a rocky end, but 10 days of mountain biking heaven.
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Colorado Trail: Hitting the high point: It’s all downhill from here!
A short train hop into Silverton sets the stage for final days on Colorado Trail.
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Colorado Trail: Sick, cold and stranded
An emergency in the night, and the deliverance in being well-prepared
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Colorado Trail: 6 segments every mountain biker needs to experience
If you can’t bike all 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, these 6 will satisfy.
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Colorado Trail: ‘Slowest Fastest Known Time’: A journey in establishing a speed record
Meredith Hughes sets new FKT for a northbound route by a woman.
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Colorado Trail: When everything goes south, go east
Week 3: Twin Lakes to Salida, 78-ish miles Going west Standing at the crossroads, making the decision at the trail junction to turn right and take the Collegiate West route over its slightly easier and shorter variant felt big — and it was. Our first day on Collegiate West started at 4 a.m. We woke up…
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Colorado Trail: The top of the world and friends in weird places
Week 2: Breckenridge to Twin Lakes, 73.5 miles [Did you miss Week 1? Read it here] The trail leaving Breckenridge took us immediately uphill for miles, landing us atop a ridgeline that felt like the top of the world. The Tenmile Range stretched out before us and the jagged peaks surrounding Vail behind. I turned…
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VIDEO: The Colorado Trail at 50: A 500 mile journey across the state
The Colorado Trail, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, spans 500 miles through Colorado’s forests, mountain passes, and historic towns, showcasing some of the state’s most iconic landscapes. With an average elevation above 10,000 feet, the trail presents hikers, bikers, and equestrians with rugged terrain, unpredictable weather, and the physical demands of high-altitude travel. This…