75 Trails in Salida, Colorado

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Colorado Trail Intermediate 535 ***** Durango
2. Monarch Crest Trail Advanced 35.0 ***** Salida
3. Arkansas Hills Advanced 20.0 **** Salida
4. Cottonwood (Arkansas Hills) Advanced 9.0 ***** Salida
5. CDT: Alpine Tunnel Advanced 18.0 ***** St Elmo
6. Rainbow Trail Intermediate 100.0 **** Salida
7. Midland Hills Trails Intermediate 6.0 **** Buena Vista
8. Methodist Mountain Intermediate 18.0 **** Salida
9. Green's Creek Advanced 8.0 **** Salida
10. Rainbow Trail: Silver Creek to Hwy 285 (Rainbow Trail) Advanced 9.0 **** Poncha Springs
11. Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced 6.0 ***** Salida
12. Silver Creek Advanced 4.0 ***** Salida
13. Colorado Trail: Mt. Shavano thd to Chalk Creek thd (Colorado Trail) Intermediate 12.0 ***** Salida
14. Little Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate 6.0 **** Salida
15. North Backbone (Arkansas Hills) Advanced 3.0 ***** Salida
16. Little Browns Creek Advanced 4.0 **** Salida
17. Frontside (Arkansas Hills) Intermediate 1 ***** Salida
18. Aspen Ridge / Road #185 Easiest 15.0 *** Salida
19. Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills) Advanced 2.0 ***** Salida
20. Race Track (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate 1.0 **** Salida
21. Marshall Pass Road / #200 / #203 / #243 Beginner 30.0 *** Salida
22. Double Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate 3 **** Salida
23. Road #184 Beginner 15.0 *** Salida
24. Starvation Creek Advanced 7.0 ***** Salida
25. Colorado Trail: Mount Princeton to Avalanche Trailhead / Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Colorado Trail) Advanced 12.0 **** Nathrop
26. CR 175 / Ute Trail Beginner 12.0 **** Salida
27. Columbine Trail Intermediate 2.0 *** Salida
28. Bear Creek FS Road / #101 / #49 Beginner 6.0 **** Salida
29. Narrow Gauge Trail Beginner 3.0 **** Salida
30. Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills) Advanced 1.0 **** Salida
31. Lost Cause (Methodist Mountain) Advanced 1.0 **** Salida
32. River Trail Greenway Beginner 2.0 **** Salida
33. Road #187 Easiest 15.0 ***** Buena Vista
34. Franz Lake Beginner 2.0 *** Salida
35. Stafford Gulch Intermediate 5.0 *** Salida
36. Colorado Trail: Hwy 50 to Mt. Shavano Trailhead (Colorado Trail) Advanced 8.0 **** Salida
37. Rainbow Trail: Hwy 285 to Methodist Mountain Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced 10.0 **** Salida
38. Skull (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate 1.0 *** Salida
39. Monarch Spur Trail Easiest 3.0 ** Salida
40. Road #182 Intermediate 5.0 *** Salida
41. Sand Gulch Intermediate 4.0 *** Salida
42. Wagon Loop Advanced 1.0 **** Salida
43. Poncha Creek Road / #203 Beginner 8.0 *** Salida
44. Futurity Singletrack Intermediate 1.0 **** Buena Vista
45. Browns Creek Trail Expert 6.0 *** Salida
46. Road #201.C Intermediate 1.0 *** Salida
47. Road #101.A Intermediate 2.0 *** Salida
48. Mount Antero Peak Road / FS #278.A Intermediate 1.0 *** St Elmo
49. Raspberry Gulch Road / #273 Intermediate 3.0 *** Nathrop
50. Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek Thd to Kerr Gulch Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced 14.0 ** Salida

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