Hiking Around Colorado Road Trip

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This is an 8-day trip that keeps driving to a minimum (it's less than 1,000 miles) while providing access to some of the great hikes and scenic drives in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The trip begins and ends in Denver, and spends most of its time near the Interstate 70 corridor. Destinations visited include Boulder, Silverthorne, Loveland Pass, Independence Pass, Aspen, the Maroon Bells, and Glenwood Canyon.

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Day 1 Begins Here

Colorado State Capitol Building, Mile High Steps, Denver	Downtown Denver, Colorado	Idaho Springs, Colorado and "Oh My Gawd" Virginia Canyon Road	Nederland to Boulder: Barker Meadow Reservoir
Boulder Falls, and the road through Boulder Canyon, Colorado

Day 2 Begins Here

Hiking the Flatirons, in Boulder, Colorado: 1st and 2nd Flatiron Trail at Chautauqua	Boulder's Red Rocks, hike from Centennial Trailhead	Anemone Hill Trail, at Red Rocks, Boulder Colorado	Sunshine Canyon
Flagstaff Mountain, above Boulder, Colorado	Flagstaff Road to Walker Ranch Park, Gross Reservoir

Day 3 Begins Here

Mork & Mindy's House, and Pearl Street Mall, Downtown Boulder	Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado	Fowler Trail, Eldorado Canyon Colorado	Rattlesnake Gulch Trail to Crags Hotel Ruins, Eldorado Canyon
Golden Gate Canyon State Park - Panorama Point and Raccoon Trail	Guanella Pass Road, south of Georgetown, Colorado

Day 4 Begins Here

Hiking at Loveland Pass, Continental Divide, Colorado	Mt. Sniktau Trail, Hiking from Loveland Pass, Colorado	Hiking at Hoosier Pass, Loop Trail, Summit County Colorado	Alma, Colorado
Dillon, Colorado: Dillon Reservoir Scenic Overlook

Day 5 Begins Here

Top of the Rockies Byway: Colorado 91, Fremont Pass, Clinton Gulch Reservoir	Leadville, Colorado	Top of the Rockies Byway: Colorado 82, Twin Lakes	Independence Pass, Top of the Rockies Byway
Linkins Lake Trail, near Independence Pass, Colorado	Independence Ghost Town, Colorado	Aspen, Colorado

Day 6 Begins Here

Maroon Lake, Postcard View of Maroon Bells, and Scenic Loop Trail, Aspen

Hiking the Crater Lake Trail, above Maroon Lake, Maroon Bells Wilderness, Aspen

Ashcroft Ghost Town, near Aspen, Colorado

Day 7 Begins Here

Carbondale, Colorado, and the drive west from Aspen	Glenwood Springs: Doc Holliday's Grave	Glenwood Canyon, Colorado: Interstate 70	Colorado River Road, alternative to I-70, Dotsero to Burns to McCoy Colorado
Colorado 131 & 134, Gore Pass, Kremmling	Boreas Pass Road, near Breckenridge, Colorado	Hiking at Boreas Pass, to Black Powder Pass, Colorado

Day 8 Begins Here

Hiking Mount Royal, Dillon Colorado, and Masontown Ghost Townsite

From the Mountains to Denver's DIA Airport: The Drive Back

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