Best hikes in Arapaho National Forest
Ambleway maps 273 hikes in Arapaho National Forest, from a 1.3-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 237 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Richey Creek Trail. The biggest climb is Torreys Peak–Grays Peak, 11 sights, gaining 8,985 ft, and the network tops out at 14,271 ft. 22 start within walking range of public transit.
- Lost Lake–Lost Lake Trail, 3 sights 1.3 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Montana Mountain 1.6 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Beaver Creek Spur Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Fool Creek Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 328 ft
- Trail Creek Jeep Road & Trail Creek Spur Trail Loop via Trail Creek Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Gilsonite 3 Trail–Lost Lake Trail, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Eldorado Mine Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Loch Lomond Road 2 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Lower Yankee West Road–Ninety Four North Road Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Lake Granby & Doe Creek East Trail 2 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Supply Fire Sec 2 Road 2 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Alps Hill Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Cook Creek Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Ranch Creek Spur & Ranch Creek 2.1 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- California Mountain Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Eureka Gulch Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- D2 Loop via WTB Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Apiatan Mountain Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 302 ft
- Apex Spur Road–Dakota Hill Spur Road Loop, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 618 ft
- Gamble Spur Road & Missouri Gulch Spur Road via Gamble Gulch Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 592 ft
- Hurd Creek Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Camp Wilaka Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- Hamlin Gulch Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Beacon Peak–Rollins Pass, 3 summits 2.6 mi · ▲ 383 ft
- Little Cabin & Waxwing 2.6 mi · ▲ 703 ft
- Bill Moore Lake Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Broken Spade & Zoom Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Broomfield Gultch Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Old Little Bear Creek Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 705 ft
- Mosquito Creek Road & Mosquito Creek Spur North Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 481 ft
- Lower Soda Pass Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Coldsprings Spur Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 623 ft
- Lower Yankee Spur Road–Yankee Hill Trail / Pisgah Lake Road, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft
- The Grave Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 661 ft
- Boulder Wagon Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 372 ft
- Cumberland Spur Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 1,074 ft
- Mill Creek Ridge Trail & North Empire Creek Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 876 ft
- Ute Peak Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 943 ft
- Quartz Hill via Alps Hill 2.9 mi · ▲ 706 ft
- Lake Edith & West Chicago Creek Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 729 ft
- Yankee Creek Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 878 ft
- Meadow Creek Spur 2.9 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Elk Park 2.9 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- D-2 Trail–Dank Woods Loop, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 443 ft
- Big Meadows Road 3 mi · ▲ 803 ft
- Bull Mountain Trail–Trail Creek Jeep Road, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 547 ft
- Silver Dollar Lake & Silver Dollar Lake Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Green World–Long Trail Loop, 9 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 883 ft
- South Chicago Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,278 ft
- Columbine Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Backscratch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 705 ft
- Kingston Peak Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 517 ft
- Rollins Pass 3.4 mi · ▲ 551 ft
- Barbour Fork Road & Devils Canyon Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 915 ft
- Ute Connection Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 809 ft
- Cascade Chute Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Gilsonite Access Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Pecks Spur Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Burn Trail & North-South Trail via South Supply Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Third Park Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 254 ft