This was a nice hike, retrospectively. It is like giving birth to a child, when you are in that…read moremoment, you want to kill the SOB who got into that predicament but after, you forget and you have another. That is life. I have no experience of it myself but I can empathize. If you are really into mines, this would be great. I was wondering, what? 2.8 miles and elevation gain of 400 feet to see a pile of decrepit wood and rusty metal? The view at the top is pretty nice, quiet and serene.

Montgomery Reservoir is a slice of Colorado at its best…read more At 10,873 feet, it's a calm and serene place, where you can sit, relax and enjoy a plethora of picturesque views. A trail is located a short walk from the parking lot. It's a nice and easy walk around the southeast part of the lake. Novice and casual hikers will enjoy it. If you're looking for something a little more challenging, research tells me the Wheeler Lake Trail is on the other side of the lake. From my casual investigation, this trail looks a little more difficult than the basic trail I hiked. It looks fun, however I recommend looking into it a little more in depth to make sure you know what you're getting into and to ensure you have proper supplies. Some notes: The reservoir is located south of Breckenridge, between Hoosier Pass and Alma, just to the west of Highway 9. It's probably easier to locate by its coordinates, 39°21′20″N 106°04′33″W, than it is by its address. Any kind of boating is prohibited. So is swimming and wading in the water. Overnight camping is also prohibited, however camp grounds are located nearby. Licensed fishing is permitted from the shore. Bagging and possession limits apply.

This review is specifically for the Eagles trail loop. This trail kind of kicked my butt. It's a…read morequick 700+ ft incline on the lollipop before you get to the loop. Then there's another 300+ ft incline while on the loop, including a final climb near the end of the loop before you start your descent. I'm not sure any of this trail is actually easy. Even the final descent is so steep, it puts lots of pressure on the knees. The trail itself was mostly covered in snow. Most of what didn't have snow was covered in slush or was mud. Very little of it was dry and easy to traverse. There's not a lot to see for most of the trail, as it's within the trees. However, about .5 mile of trail in the top of the loop has an open ridge view to the west, and it's pretty spectacular. No doubt we'll do it again, but will probably wait for better weather. Even though the trail was fairly easy to follow, there were still two spots where I missed switchbacks and had to circle back to find where I went off course. So the 4.2 miles of trail ended up as 4.8 miles for me. Tired, but I did it!

Beautiful park with moderate hikes! Great views and plenty of parking. Also not too far from…read moredowntown Evergreen. Not too crowded and perfect for all hiking levels!

Easy to get to just off 85. Easy hike/snowshoeing as well…read more Just got back from hiking the full 11.5 miles. It's a very quite lightly trafficked location. As of today not enough snow to snow shoe and not enough to wear spikes as well. So we decided to get rid of both. About eight or more short switchbacks and a gradual uphill nothing strenuous. When you enter the Pike National Forest you're about halfway to your destination. Trail is well marked and only horses and hikers are allowed here. Solitude and enough length of trail to keep a hiker happy.

Awesome trail for snowshoeing. It is well marked on Hwy 285, with parking along the road. It…read morestarts quickly on an incline with switchbacks to accommodate the climb, but levels off after a while. Within a few minutes we were far enough up the trail that we did not hear any traffic. From there on out, it was just us. No animal sightings, but we did see tracks and scat. It was a windy day, but once in the trees and after working just a little bit, we were amply warm and happy. I felt like we could have hiked for hours and never seen another person. It was the perfect first time experience at snowshoeing. I think the Lost Creek Wilderness would be great during any season. In fact I learned of this hiking/snowshoeing destination from an REI employee who helped me find the right snowshoeing shoes. He got married in this forest preserve. I envy him that beauty and experience. The Ben Tyler trailhead is at 8260ft elevation and over 11 miles in length. The link I provide is of a map. Each trail name is linked to a history and description of the trail.

Beware: bad business practices; borderline false advertising. "Highway robbery" would not be too…read moreinaccurate to describe this outfit. Multiple layers of false pretenses. For starters, the company "South Park ATV" promotes a website showing ATV'ers in a deeply wooded and mountainous area, fording a shallow stream. This is NOT what you will do. South Park ATV will immediately sub out ATV booking to another company, "American Safari Ranch" which this review is mostly based on. Once reservations are solidified, they do not tell you your time is the start time of your ATV tour. This is misleading, because if you pay for 90 minutes, there is about 30 minutes of liability waiver paperwork, helmet fitting, ATV familiarization to do before the tour actually begins. They don't tell you your ATV tour time includes this administrative necessity. Upon arrival at our reservation time, our group arrived at a very authentic looking "dude ranch". Our group wasn't greeted by anyone who could check us in and complete the paperwork or check out helmets or take payment. Instead, some of the tour group leaders were just mingling around and nonchalantly went to get the manager who could start our check in. Pay attention to the negotiated price. Online and on the white board behind the counter, 90 minute tours are listed at $85. The manager told us the price was $95. When initially rebutted citing the website price and price told to us over the phone, again, he said the price was $95. When we pointed out the board behind him said the 90 minute tour was $85, the manager didn't apologize, however stated he was just a simple cowboy and doesn't work a cash register very much. This is the only person allowed to work the register, and concerning. While our credit cards were being ran, the ranch hands/tour leads began cleaning our goggles. Again, something one would expect to have been ready to go for an appointment. Understandable if we had been a "walk in" group, but this was not the case. Once all the admin was complete and everyone was escorted to the ATV's, take note of the last inspection date. Most ATV's will be last inspected in 2013, with anywhere between 3000-6000 miles on them, and every one will display the "oil change" reminder light. After a familiarization ride inside the ATV corral, that will probably take 10 minutes, you will depart for your tour. This is where things get fun. You will not be led anywhere that even closely resembles anything on South Park ATV's website. Instead, you will be led in a couple laps in the field around the dude ranch, at speeds not to exceed 10 mph, in a single file line, with a ranch hand tour guide in the front and in the rear. After these painfully boring laps, you will be led across the road into the field across from the dude ranch. Nothing else changes, and you will still not exceed 10 mph, nor venture out on your own along the ATV trails. The entire ride will only take around 15 minutes, and the remainder of time is spent on a loop that you will get very familiar with that takes about 5 minute to complete. After five or six laps on this loop, you might get lined up for a photo op. Again, you might get a couple more laps on this loop, all following the leader at 10 mph max, even on smooth flat terrain. At a couple points, some ATV's stopped working, and ranch hands had to tend to their maintenance. One completely ran out of fuel and needed to be abandoned. Then your ranch hands will lead you back to the ATV corral and call it a day. Since our appointment was for 3:30pm, and a 90 minute ATV tour, we were returned to the ATV corral at just before 5pm. After pointing out we had paid for a 90 minute ATV tour, and several rounds with the main tour guide about how he can't authorize any time past 5pm, despite only riding around in what would bore an 8 year old to death for less than one hour, he conceded, and consulted his manager. Since one ATV was abandoned on the trail, and was in need of fuel, they agreed to let us accompany them to retrieve it and fulfill the remaining 30 minutes we had paid for. All things considered, the underhandedness of the management of these companies cannot be ignored. From taking up tour time with nonchalant administrative paperwork, to blatantly trying to overcharge, these cowboys are only concerned with taking as much money from you for as little effort as they can get away with.

tour was excellent, guide Derrick was phenomenal. We covered a lot of ground in 3 hours, all types…read moreof terrain and varied levels of difficulty. Had a blast. Highly recommend!

Beautiful trail down near Pine. It is part of the Colorado Trail ( I think section 2)…read more Roughly 10 miles round trip with not much altitude climb. The Chair Rocks are beautiful and a great place to have lunch. Not a lot of places to park. Bring water and micro spikes in the winter.

Beautiful! Small parking lot with a bathroom at the parking lot. There ar no trash cans so be…read moresure to plan on packing out what you pack in, including your dog poop bags! Please dont leave it on the ground and expect someone else to deal with it!! Please try to leave things as beautiful or more so than you found them! The trail is around 9.5 miles long and 2703 feet of elevation gain. It is an out and back trail. It does continue on supposedly to mount logan i believe but from what i read on all trails it does involve some bushwhacking??? We did around 9.3 miles and turned around due to inclement weather coming in. There were some amazing fall colors as you got further in. Beautiful yellows and oranges! There was a beaver dam blocking up some of the water and it was causing one area to be really muddy.... so be prepared for that. Also some of teh crossings after that were a little tricky. the water crossings earlier on had nice logs to cross. Loved this trail and will definitely be back in the future!

We have been coming to this area for 20+ years and it never disappoints! 3 day backpack with our 15…read moreyear old and the most amazing campsites with huge boulders, water all along the way and moose/ dear encounters!

This was my first backpacking trip and we chose a difficult trail! We hiked this trail in 3 1/2…read moredays and 3 nights. We started counterclockwise from the lost park campground on a Monday and the campground was pretty scarce. When we finished on Thursday morning the campground was filling up and there were more hikers coming in for the weekend. Water was not plentiful the first day hiking counterclockwise. After we summited Bison Peak we couldn't find water to camp next to for the night and weren't able to get any until 2 miles in the following morning. Overall, this was a great hike with spectacular views along the entire trail. The trail was marked well and well kept. I purchased a map off of Amazon for $8 which was a great investment!