52 Trails in San Isabel National Forest, Colorado

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Colorado Trail Intermediate difficulty 535 ***** Durango
Rainbow Trail Intermediate difficulty 100.0 **** Salida
Monarch Crest Trail Advanced difficulty 35.0 ***** Salida
Marshall Pass Road / #200 / #203 / #243 Beginner difficulty 30.0 *** Salida
Arkansas Hills Advanced difficulty 20.0 **** Salida
CDT: Alpine Tunnel Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** St Elmo
Methodist Mountain Intermediate difficulty 18.0 **** Salida
Aspen Ridge / Road #185 Easiest difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
Road #184 Beginner difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
Otto Mears Toll Road / #201 / #869 / #869.2 Beginner difficulty 14.0 *** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek Thd to Kerr Gulch Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 14.0 ** Salida
CR 175 / Ute Trail Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Salida
Colorado Trail: Mount Princeton to Avalanche Trailhead / Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Colorado Trail) Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Nathrop
Colorado Trail: Mt. Shavano thd to Chalk Creek thd (Colorado Trail) Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Hwy 285 to Methodist Mountain Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Salida
Sand Gulch Easiest difficulty 10.0 ** Howard
Cottonwood (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ***** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Silver Creek to Hwy 285 (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Poncha Springs
Elkhorn Gulch / Trail #925 and Trail #923 difficulty 8.0 Villa Grove
Green's Creek Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Salida
Poncha Creek Road / #203 Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Salida
Road #45 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Howard
Starvation Creek Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Salida
Midland Hills Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Buena Vista
Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Salida
Bear Creek FS Road / #101 / #49 Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
Little Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
Road #182 Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Salida
FS Rd #181 difficulty 5.0 Salida
Sand Gulch Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Salida
Road #7 difficulty 4.0 Wellsville
Spartan West (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 4.0 Salida
Gutz difficulty 3.5 Salida
Center Ridge Trail / #924 difficulty 3.0 Villa Grove
North Backbone (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Salida
Double Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Salida
Monarch Spur Trail Easiest difficulty 3.0 ** Salida
Round Hill Trail difficulty 3.0 Salida
Round Mountain Singletrack difficulty 2.0 Saguache
Road #101.A Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
Franz Lake Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
Columbine Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Salida
River Trail Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Salida
Upper Sol Train Trail (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 1.51 Salida
Frontside (Arkansas Hills) Intermediate difficulty 1 ***** Salida
Skull (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Salida
Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
Race Track (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
Road #201.C Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Salida

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