Base Camp Denver: 101 Hikes in Colorado's Front Range

Denver is Known the World Over as the Gateway to Colorado's magnificent Rocky Mountains. Four national forests, a national grassland, scores of regional and city parks and preserves, and Rocky Mountain National Park offer hundreds of hiking and walking trails all within one to three hours of downtown Denver. With Pete KJ as your expert guide, you can discover the best of them. Explore an alpine meadow, walk to a waterfall, hike through a forest, or stroll through suburban parklands. Enjoy a spectacular day of spring wildflowers or fall foliage, and still be home by dinnertime. Scramble to the top of a mountain to enjoy a sun and still make it to work by eight. With Denver as your base camp, the splendor of Colorado's Front Range is yours to enjoy one day or even just a few hours at a time. Climb from a vintage railroad tunnel to enchanting Rogers Pass, Channel the Scottish highlands on top of Signal Mountain, Catch the sunrise over the prairie from foothill promontories, Get to know all sides and moods of Pikes Peak, Take an autumnal stroll through forests of blazing aspens, Walk through blooming alpine meadows at the peak of wildflower season, Hike with mountain goats on high peaks, Bird watch at Walden Ponds and Barr Lake, Stand on the highest point of the Continental Divide, Get a big dose of summer in the Never Summer Range!