Top Recommended Hiking Routes
near Rye, Colorado
Rye, Colorado
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Section 16/Palmer Loop
5.9 mi 9.6 km • 1,287' Up 392.19 m Up • 1,288' Down 392.48 m Down
Garden of the Gods Loop
4.0 mi 6.5 km • 414' Up 126.08 m Up • 414' Down 126.3 m Down
Pikes Peak Northwest Slopes
6.6 mi 10.6 km • 4,123' Up 1256.58 m Up • 27' Down 8.28 m Down
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Loop
12.3 mi 19.8 km • 1,921' Up 585.38 m Up • 1,917' Down 584.31 m Down
Rito Alto Four Pass Loop
23.0 mi 37.1 km • 5,843' Up 1780.85 m Up • 5,841' Down 1780.34 m Down
Mount Rosa via Pipeline Trail
14.8 mi 23.8 km • 3,981' Up 1213.37 m Up • 3,983' Down 1214.09 m Down
Garden of the Gods Inner Loop
1.3 mi 2.1 km • 134' Up 40.95 m Up • 135' Down 41.04 m Down
Mt. Yale
8.8 mi 14.1 km • 4,260' Up 1298.32 m Up • 4,259' Down 1298.15 m Down
Belford and Oxford
10.9 mi 17.5 km • 5,670' Up 1728.35 m Up • 5,670' Down 1728.32 m Down
Barr Camp Out-and-Back
13.5 mi 21.7 km • 3,619' Up 1103.22 m Up • 3,619' Down 1102.95 m Down
Sand Dunes Loop
3.6 mi 5.8 km • 301' Up 91.6 m Up • 309' Down 94.12 m Down
Midland Hill Out-and-Back
4.9 mi 7.9 km • 1,586' Up 483.35 m Up • 1,585' Down 483.1 m Down
Venable - Comanche Loop
12.2 mi 19.7 km • 3,740' Up 1139.98 m Up • 3,755' Down 1144.44 m Down
Paint Mines Park
4.3 mi 6.8 km • 383' Up 116.62 m Up • 382' Down 116.46 m Down
Tallest Dunes Out-and-Back
15.3 mi 24.6 km • 1,810' Up 551.69 m Up • 1,810' Down 551.59 m Down
Ute Valley Loop
3.8 mi 6.2 km • 327' Up 99.73 m Up • 325' Down 99.13 m Down
Kit Carson and Challenger
14.1 mi 22.6 km • 5,550' Up 1691.67 m Up • 5,550' Down 1691.69 m Down
Mays Peak Ramble via Penrose Trail (#665)
5.7 mi 9.2 km • 794' Up 241.88 m Up • 814' Down 248.25 m Down
East Spanish Peak Ascent
9.2 mi 14.9 km • 2,727' Up 831.29 m Up • 2,727' Down 831.25 m Down
Colorado Trail (CT)
487.3 mi 784.3 km • 83,178' Up 25352.6 m Up • 81,864' Down 24952.2 m Down
Tour de Little Bear
2.7 mi 4.3 km • 2,168' Up 660.89 m Up • 2,167' Down 660.59 m Down
The Red Rocks
3.7 mi 6.0 km • 522' Up 159.23 m Up • 519' Down 158.16 m Down
Grand Tour
11.3 mi 18.2 km • 1,192' Up 363.21 m Up • 1,186' Down 361.61 m Down
Rampart Reservoir Trail #700
11.1 mi 17.9 km • 403' Up 122.9 m Up • 407' Down 123.99 m Down
Hope Pass from the Willis Gulch Trailhead
8.9 mi 14.3 km • 3,211' Up 978.82 m Up • 3,211' Down 978.7 m Down
CDT: Sheep Gulch to Halfmoon Creek (CO Sec. 23)
23.9 mi 38.4 km • 4,843' Up 1476.13 m Up • 4,883' Down 1488.37 m Down


