53 Trails in Howard, 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. Rainbow Trail: Silver Creek to Hwy 285 (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Poncha Springs
10. Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Salida
11. Colorado Trail: Mt. Shavano thd to Chalk Creek thd (Colorado Trail) Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Salida
12. Little Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
13. North Backbone (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Salida
14. Frontside (Arkansas Hills) Intermediate difficulty 1 ***** Salida
15. Aspen Ridge / Road #185 Easiest difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
16. Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Salida
17. Race Track (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
18. Double Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Salida
19. Road #184 Beginner difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
20. Starvation Creek Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Salida
21. Colorado Trail: Mount Princeton to Avalanche Trailhead / Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Colorado Trail) Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Nathrop
22. CR 175 / Ute Trail Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Salida
23. Columbine Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
24. Bear Creek FS Road / #101 / #49 Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
25. Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
26. Lost Cause (Methodist Mountain) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
27. River Trail Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Salida
28. Rainbow Trail: Westcliffe (Rainbow Trail) Intermediate difficulty 30.0 *** Westcliffe
29. Franz Lake Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
30. Stafford Gulch Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** 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. Road #101.A Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
37. Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek Thd to Kerr Gulch Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 14.0 ** Salida
38. Road #45 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Howard
39. Sand Gulch Easiest difficulty 10.0 ** Howard
40. South Fern Leaf Gulch Beginner difficulty 3.0 * Cotopaxi
41. Spartan West (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 4.0 Salida
42. FS Rd #181 difficulty 5.0 Salida
43. Center Ridge Trail / #924 difficulty 3.0 Villa Grove
44. McCoy Gulch Road difficulty 10.0 Cotopaxi
45. 82210 McCoy Gulch Spur difficulty 2.0 Cotopaxi
46. McCoy Gulch Quarry difficulty 1.0 Cotopaxi
47. Gutz difficulty 3.5 Salida
48. Road #7 difficulty 4.0 Wellsville
49. Round Hill Trail difficulty 3.0 Salida
50. McCoy Gulch Mine difficulty 2.0 Cotopaxi

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