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Best backpacking trips in Colorado

Start date
Mileage
Ascent
Duration
ClubDriving time
Popularity

8 trips

Four Pass Loop

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
11.4 mi/d3,700 ft/d3 days

Pawnee-Buchanan Loop

Indian Peaks Wilderness
9 mi/d3,000 ft/d4 days

Conundrum Hot Springs

Popular
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
8.3 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Bluebird Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
6.1 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Mirror Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
6.5 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Lion Lakes and Snowbank Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
10.6 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Longs Peak

Popular
Rocky Mountain National Park
7.7 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

Thunder Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
5.8 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days