52 Trails in San Isabel National Forest, Colorado

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Colorado Trail Intermediate difficulty 535 ***** Durango
2. Monarch Crest Trail Advanced difficulty 35.0 ***** Salida
3. Arkansas Hills Advanced difficulty 20.0 **** Salida
4. Cottonwood (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ***** Salida
5. CDT: Alpine Tunnel Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** St Elmo
6. Rainbow Trail Intermediate difficulty 100.0 **** Salida
7. Midland Hills Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Buena Vista
8. Methodist Mountain Intermediate difficulty 18.0 **** Salida
9. Green's Creek Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Salida
10. Rainbow Trail: Silver Creek to Hwy 285 (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Poncha Springs
11. Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Salida
12. Colorado Trail: Mt. Shavano thd to Chalk Creek thd (Colorado Trail) Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Salida
13. Little Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
14. North Backbone (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Salida
15. Frontside (Arkansas Hills) Intermediate difficulty 1 ***** Salida
16. Aspen Ridge / Road #185 Easiest difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
17. Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Salida
18. Race Track (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
19. Marshall Pass Road / #200 / #203 / #243 Beginner difficulty 30.0 *** Salida
20. Double Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Salida
21. Road #184 Beginner difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
22. Starvation Creek Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Salida
23. Colorado Trail: Mount Princeton to Avalanche Trailhead / Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Colorado Trail) Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Nathrop
24. CR 175 / Ute Trail Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Salida
25. Columbine Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
26. Bear Creek FS Road / #101 / #49 Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
27. Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
28. Lost Cause (Methodist Mountain) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
29. River Trail Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Salida
30. Franz Lake Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
31. Rainbow Trail: Hwy 285 to Methodist Mountain Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Salida
32. Skull (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Salida
33. Monarch Spur Trail Easiest difficulty 3.0 ** Salida
34. Road #182 Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Salida
35. Sand Gulch Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Salida
36. Poncha Creek Road / #203 Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Salida
37. Road #201.C Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Salida
38. Road #101.A Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
39. Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek Thd to Kerr Gulch Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 14.0 ** Salida
40. Otto Mears Toll Road / #201 / #869 / #869.2 Beginner difficulty 14.0 *** Salida
41. Road #45 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Howard
42. Sand Gulch Easiest difficulty 10.0 ** Howard
43. Spartan West (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 4.0 Salida
44. FS Rd #181 difficulty 5.0 Salida
45. Round Mountain Singletrack difficulty 2.0 Saguache
46. Center Ridge Trail / #924 difficulty 3.0 Villa Grove
47. Gutz difficulty 3.5 Salida
48. Road #7 difficulty 4.0 Wellsville
49. Round Hill Trail difficulty 3.0 Salida
50. Elkhorn Gulch / Trail #925 and Trail #923 difficulty 8.0 Villa Grove

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