Best hikes in Indian Peaks Wilderness
Ambleway maps 53 hikes in Indian Peaks Wilderness, from a 1.7-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. All of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Buchanan Pass & Buchanan Pass Trail. The biggest climb is Caribou Pass–Devils Thumb Pass, 5 saddles, gaining 5,036 ft, and the network tops out at 13,496 ft.
- Brainard Lake–Brainard Lake Cutoff Trail Loop, 4 sights 1.7 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Brainard Lake Cutoff Trail–Long Lake Connector Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Rainbow Lakes–Arapaho Glacier Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Coney Creek Road–Coney Flats Road, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Rollins Pass Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Long Lake–Brainard Lake Loop, 9 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Lake Isabelle–Long Lake, 5 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Beaver Creek Trail–Coney Flats Road Loop, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 818 ft
- Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail–Devil's Thumb Trail, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 768 ft
- Coney Lake–Beaver Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 886 ft
- Lost Lake–Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 894 ft
- Guinn Mountain–Yankee Doodle Lake, 3 summits 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,103 ft
- 4th of July Road & Arapaho Pass Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,273 ft
- Arapaho Pass & Arapaho Pass Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,754 ft
- Red Rock Lake–Brainard Lake Loop, 7 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 721 ft
- Buchanan Pass & Buchanan Pass Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 2,232 ft
- Coney Creek Road Spur–Coney Creek Road, 5 sights 7 mi · ▲ 690 ft
- Saint Vrain Mountain–Saint Vrain Mountain Summit Route, 3 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 3,234 ft
- Jasper Lake–Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail, 5 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,000 ft
- Lefthand Reservoir–Red Rock Lake, 6 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,200 ft
- James Basin Road–South Saint Vrain Trail, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft
- Gully Glades–Guinn Mountain, 5 groves 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,834 ft
- Green Lake Number 3–Long Lake, 5 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,553 ft
- Meadow Mountain–Coney Flats Road, 3 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,630 ft
- Lost Lake Viewpoint–Lost Lake, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft
- Blue Lake–Mitchell Lake, 9 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft
- Red Deer Lake & Red Deer Cutoff Trail via Buchanan Pass Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,662 ft
- Isabelle Glacier–Lake Isabelle, 8 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,996 ft
- Lake Gibraltar–Coney Flats Road, 4 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,783 ft
- Beaver Reservoir–Brainard Lake, 5 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,354 ft
- Bob Lake–Bob and Betty Lakes Trail, 5 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,571 ft
- Albion Lake–Long Lake, 5 lakes 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,268 ft
- Brainard Lake–Brainard Lake Cutoff Trail, 6 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 1,801 ft
- Shoshoni Peak–Lake Isabelle, 9 sights 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,908 ft
- Diamond Lake–Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail, 5 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 3,255 ft
- Old Baldy via Arapaho Glacier Trail 12.5 mi · ▲ 3,124 ft
- Little Blue Lake–Brainard Lake, 7 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 5,018 ft
- Mount Toll–Lake Isabelle, 9 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 3,422 ft
- Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail–Devil's Thumb Trail, 5 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 3,742 ft
- Devils Thumb Pass–Needle Eye Bypass Trail, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,002 ft
- Mitchell Lake–Brainard Lake Cutoff Trail, 6 sights 13.4 mi · ▲ 1,973 ft
- Caribou Lake & Arapaho Pass Trail 13.4 mi · ▲ 4,867 ft
- Sawtooth Mountain–Beaver Reservoir, 6 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,167 ft
- Saint Vrain Mountain Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 4,203 ft
- Devil's Thumb Bypass Trail–Devil's Thumb Trail Loop, 6 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 3,598 ft
- North Arapaho Peak–Arapaho Glacier Trail, 4 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 3,963 ft
- Beacon Peak–Rollins Pass, 7 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 3,067 ft
- Caribou Pass–Devils Thumb Pass, 5 saddles 14.6 mi · ▲ 5,036 ft
- Lake Dorothy–Devils Thumb Pass, 3 saddles 14.6 mi · ▲ 4,923 ft
- Arapaho Glacier Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 4,281 ft
- Paiute Peak–Red Rock Lake, 7 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 4,267 ft
- Sourdough Trail–South Saint Vrain, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 1,925 ft
- Hoh'onookee Koh'owu Trail–Rock Creek Trail, 3 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 4,911 ft