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◀ Silver Creek Pass Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness This relatively short hike from remote Lead King Basin offers solitude and continuous visual rewards. It abounds in wildflowers from trailhead to pass, and its high, open terrain permits views of the goal and of massive surrounding peaks for the entire distance. At your highest point you’ll rise above 12,000 feet and have climbed upwards of 1,600 feet.
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Greyrock Trail Cache La Poudre Canyon Highway 14 8.6 miles Greyrock Trail is a 6- or 8-mile round-trip hike depending on which route you choose. Both routes start and return to the same location making a loop hike possible. This is a very popular trail given its proximity to Fort Collins. The summit of Greyrock is of geologic interest: It is a massive granitic intrusion that has weathered to its rounded shape through exfoliation. The summit block provides popular rock climbing routes. Watch for poison ivy along the way. Dogs on a leash are permitted.
▲ Big South Trail From the Poudre Canyon, mile marker 75 on Highway 14 This hike follows the Cache La Poudre River upstream to Grass Creek at mile 3 and then on to a washed-out bridge at about mile 7. Parts of the trail are lovely flat strolls on pine needles at river level; other sections climb high on the wall of the river gorge; while still other sections cross large talus slopes. You will enjoy the big, open rock traverses, river views, wildflowers, and luxurious forest scenery. 22
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