53 Trails in Howard, Colorado

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Upper Sol Train Trail (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 1.51 Salida
Trail #757 difficulty 1.0 Salida
Starvation Creek Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Salida
Stafford Gulch Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Salida
Spartan West (Methodist Mountain) difficulty 4.0 Salida
South Fern Leaf Gulch Beginner difficulty 3.0 * Cotopaxi
Skull (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Salida
Sand Gulch Easiest difficulty 10.0 ** Howard
Sand Gulch Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Salida
Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
Round Hill Trail difficulty 3.0 Salida
Road #7 difficulty 4.0 Wellsville
Road #45 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Howard
Road #184 Beginner difficulty 15.0 *** Salida
Road #182 Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Salida
Road #101.A Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
River Trail Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Westcliffe (Rainbow Trail) Intermediate difficulty 30.0 *** Westcliffe
Rainbow Trail: Silver Creek to Hwy 285 (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Poncha Springs
Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Hwy 285 to Methodist Mountain Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Salida
Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek Thd to Kerr Gulch Thd (Rainbow Trail) Advanced difficulty 14.0 ** Salida
Rainbow Trail Intermediate difficulty 100.0 **** Salida
Race Track (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
North Backbone (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Salida
Monarch Spur Trail Easiest difficulty 3.0 ** Salida
Monarch Crest Trail Advanced difficulty 35.0 ***** Salida
Midland Hills Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Buena Vista
Methodist Mountain Intermediate difficulty 18.0 **** Salida
McCoy Gulch Road difficulty 10.0 Cotopaxi
McCoy Gulch Quarry difficulty 1.0 Cotopaxi
McCoy Gulch Mine difficulty 2.0 Cotopaxi
Lost Cause (Methodist Mountain) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Salida
Little Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Salida
Gutz difficulty 3.5 Salida
FS Rd #181 difficulty 5.0 Salida
Frontside (Arkansas Hills) Intermediate difficulty 1 ***** Salida
Franz Lake Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
Elkhorn Gulch / Trail #925 and Trail #923 difficulty 8.0 Villa Grove
Double Rainbow (Methodist Mountain) Intermediate difficulty 3 **** Salida
CR 175 / Ute Trail Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Salida
Cottonwood (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 9.0 ***** Salida
Columbine Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Salida
Colorado Trail: Mt. Shavano thd to Chalk Creek thd (Colorado Trail) Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Salida
Colorado Trail: Mount Princeton to Avalanche Trailhead / Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Colorado Trail) Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Nathrop
Colorado Trail Intermediate difficulty 535 ***** Durango
Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Salida
Center Ridge Trail / #924 difficulty 3.0 Villa Grove
CDT: Alpine Tunnel Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** St Elmo
Bear Creek FS Road / #101 / #49 Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Salida

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