• Find Places to Hike and other Hikers
• Books on Hiking and Backpacking
• Recommendations on Outdoor Equipment

• Hiking Colorado
  A hiking site with over 30 trail reports, all from one person! Wonderful trip reports and personal photos makes this a great resource. It also includes a hike difficulty calculator.

• Colorado Mountain Club.
  This hiking and mountaineering club offers organized hikes, snowshoe outings, and rock climbing expeditions.

• Colorado Hiking
  This site covers hiking near Fort Collins, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Walsenburg. You'll find many hikes described with maps, directions, general information, photos, hike length, difficulty ratings and global positioning system (GPS) data.

• American Hiker: Colorado
  This site provides several trail descriptions divided by region within the state. Each description includes directions to the trailhead, trail details (distance, difficulty, elevation change, etc.), and local contact information.

• Rocky Mountains News: Hiking Resources
  One of Colorado's largest newspapers provides an archive of articles on hiking. These include equipment and preparations guides, as well as details on specific hiking areas.

• Local Hikes: Fort Collins
  Listing of hikes in the Fort Collins area posted by local hikers. Each is documented with a map to the trailhead, a map of the trail, elevation changes, photos, and more.

• Happy Hikers Hiking Club - Denver
  A no-fee membership club for adults who want to hike in the Denver area. Organized hikes are offered every weekend.

• Hiking in Dinosaur National Monument
  There are several easy self-guided hikes in this visit to North America's truly ancient past.

• Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park
  Rocky Mountain National Park has 355 miles of hiking trails. These range from flat lakeside strolls to quite steep peak climbs.

• Hiking in Hovenweep National Monument
  Visitors to Hovenweep can enjoy short hikes, natural quiet, and some of the finest examples of ancestral Puebloan architecture in the Southwest.

• Hiking in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  A deep, sheer canyon, this wild gorge provides breath-taking vistas, and contains the tallest cliff in Colorado (the "Painted Wall" stands 2250 feet high). Rim trails range in difficulty from easy to strenuous, and extremely difficult trails exist inside the canyon, but require a permit.

• Hiking in Mesa Verde National Park
  Mesa Verde is the largest collection of ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling communities in North America. Several well-established trails, most of which are easy to moderate, take you right to many of the large ruins.

• Colorado Hikes 
  This new site by an individual includes detailed descriptions of his favorite hikes from the Front range/Bounler area, along with a lot of wonderful photographs.

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Books

	Lace up your boots and sample fifty of the finest trails Colorado has to offer. This hiker's paradise offers not only rugged peaks and crystal clear alpine lakes, but also historic ruins and magnificent canyons.
	Offers detailed entries for 100 Hikes across New Mexico. Includes day hikes, as well as trails for backpackers.
	This book is your guide to the 3.3 million acres of remote wilderness in magnificent Colorado. Mark Pearson's thoughtful essays provide facsinating reading in your tent at night. Includes 289 day, loop, and shuttle hikes, as well as 53 color maps. Also features spectacular photographs by renowned photographer John Fielder.
	Written by two self-proclaimed 'geezers' who have shared forty-six years of hiking together, This is the first book aimed at hikers over the age of sixty-as well as not-yet-acclimated visitors to Colorado-who want a glorious outdoor experience with minimal accompanying pain.
	A clear and accurate guide to climbing 197 routes on the 55 peaks over 14,000 feet in Colorado--routes for all levels from walk-ups to technical climbs. Each route's difficulty is rated according to the Yosemite Decimal System. Includes round-trip mileage and elevation gain. Roach has climbed every peak in this guide.
	This completely revised third edition includes: seventy trips of varying length, with corresponding maps, directions to conquer six of Colorado's fourteeners, and sixteen new maps providing alternative trail access and updated routes.
	is designed for shorter legs and curious young minds--but it's also for anyone looking for a less strenuous but still rewarding hike. This completely updated second edition presents 75 trails throughout the state. A special emphasis on nature will have families bending over a stream to search for polliwogs, feeling the bark where a beaver's teeth toppled a tree, and shouting to the echo of a spooky cave.
	The 492,418-acre Weminuche Wilderness is one the largest and most spectacular wild areas in Colorado. Less than 25 miles northeast of Durango, the Weminuche offers a wide variety of hiking opportunities with sweeping tundra landscapes, alpine lakes, and breathtaking peaks. Written for all types of trekkers, this book will provide you with detailed and accurate information about 39 hikes ranging from short strolls to overnight backpacking trips.
	Northern Colorado offers an exhilarating blend of recreational activities and beauty from alpine meadows and wild canyons to hike and bike to dark mossy forests and sage brush meadows to ski. The book contains more than eighty-five trail descriptions. Each description includes a map, a photograph, and detailed information, making this an indispensable reference for those wanting to explore the natural beauty in this region.
	Explore the traces of the rise and fall of Colorado's mountains, volcanic eruptions, shifting seas, wind-blown deserts, and dinosaur haunts! Written for people with little or no background in geology, this guide breaks Colorado down into 11 geographic regions and highlights several hikes within each region that help hikers see evidence of the most interesting geologic events.
	Located just south of Rocky Mountain National Park, this popular region is one of the most accessible hiking and climbing areas in the West. In this concise and fully up-to-date guidebook, Gerry Roach shares his firsthand knowledge and experience, offering readers a chance to explore some of Colorado's finest mountain trails.
	Rocky Mountain National Park is one of our greatest natural treasures. In words and color photographs, this guide describes thirty-three of the best dayhikes in the park, emphasizing not only the destination of the hike, but also the remarkable features along the way. The guide includes route descriptions for Longs Peak, Calypso Cascades, Ouzel Falls, The Loch, Hallett Peak, Sky Pond, Lulu City, and many more.
	Lace up your boots and sample some of the finest trails in Colorado's backcountry. Test your map and compass skills in the primitive valleys of the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness, discover pristine alpine lakes in the Mount Massive Wilderness, or follow old mining roads to ghost towns in the Collegiate Peaks.
	The San Juan Adventure Guide will satisfy any outdoor recreationists' thirst for adventure with descriptions of more than sixty scenic trails to hike, gnarly singletracks to bike, and winter wonderlands to ski. Covering the entire region of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, these trails are accessible from anywhere in the southwestern United States.
	Some of Colorado's most peaceful mountain trails, cool alpine meadows, and exhilarating summit plateaus are closer than you might think. Only 40 miles southwest of Denver and 48 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, the Lost Creek Wilderness area offers some of the state's most breathtaking networks of box canyons, crooked creeks, twisting trails, rock towers, arches, and 150 mountain peaks.
	The 12 Short Hikes Series is written for families, newcomers to the area, and anybody looking for easy access to an outdoor experience. Each book describes in clear graphic form 12 easy and scenic hikes of less than two hours.
	If hikers had a Mecca, Boulder would be it. Seated at the base of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, in the shadow of the world famous Flatirons, this outdoorsy town is host to an abundance of wonderful hiking trails. This book describes 23 short, easy hikes in the area with clear, easy-to-read maps and concise written descriptions.
	Colorado Springs, tucked at the foot of legendary Pikes Peak, offers a myriad of hiking opportunities. This little book describes the best short hikes in the area, both on the High Plains that begin just east of the city, and in the high country to the west.
	Just minutes from Denver, wander among the red-rock towers of Roxborough State Park and Red Rocks Park, walk along the broad, peaceful shores of the South Platte River, or hike to the stone ruins of the Walker House atop Mount Falcon. Author and avid hiker Tracy Salcedo has distilled the spirit of big mountain country in a guide designed to lead you to the best hikes in the foothills of the Front Range.
	With its towering peaks, picturesque waterfalls, pristine lakes, and stunning vistas, Rocky Mountain National Park offers visitors one of the country's great wild landscapes. This guidebook includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for thirty-six easy-to-follow summer and winter trails that lead to some of the park's most scenic destinations. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including experienced hikers and families.