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1,362 Trails in Colorado

Trail Name	Length (mi)	City
Bear Creek Canyon Loop	8.0	Colorado Springs
Golden Gate Canyon State Park	35.0	Golden
Granby Ranch Bike Park	20.0	Granby
Reno / Flag / Bear / Deadman Loop	20.0	Crested Butte
Palisade Rim	8.0	Palisade
Horsetooth Mountain Park	30	Fort Collins
Ginny Trail	10.0	Fort Collins
Arkansas Hills	20.0	Salida
Chimney Gulch	10.0	Golden
Walker Ranch	7.0	Boulder
Kruger Rock / Limber Pine Loop	6.0	Estes Park
Keyhole Canyon (South Shore Lake Pueblo)	1.0	Pueblo
Rustler Ridge (Steamboat Ski Resort)	4.0	Steamboat Springs
Creekside (Steamboat Ski Resort)	2.0	Steamboat Springs
Fish Creek Falls	8.0	Steamboat Springs
Idlewild Trail System	10	Winter Park
Bean Canyon Loop (Boggy Draw Loop)	14.0	Dolores
Upper Loop	7.0	Crested Butte
Mad Creek / Red Dirt Loop	6.0	Steamboat Springs
Tom Blake Trail	6.0	Snowmass Village
Stagecoach	5.0	Palisade
Boy Scout Trail	5.0	Glenwood Springs
CDT: Alpine Tunnel	18.0	St Elmo
Farris Creek	14.0	Crested Butte
Hall Ranch	9.0	Lyons
Jones Downhill	22.0	Colorado Springs
Monarch Crest Trail	35.0	Salida
Apex Park	8	Golden
Chicken Dinner (Arkansas Hills)	2.0	Salida
Overend Mountain Park	5.0	Durango
Colorado Trail: Kennebec Pass To Junction Creek (Colorado Trail)	20	Durango
Lions Loop (Kokopelli Area Trails)	6.0	Fruita
Government Trail	12	Snowmass Village
Elk Park Trail	11.0	Colorado Springs
Foothills Trail	13.0	Fort Collins
Wathen Trail (Horsetooth Mountain Park)	12.0	Fort Collins
Colorado Trail: Kenosha Pass To Breckenridge (Colorado Trail)	33.0	Breckenridge
Hartman Rocks	50.0	Gunnison
Rusty Lung (Arkansas Hills)	1.0	Salida
Gunsight Pass Connector Trail	2.0	Crested Butte
Ute Pass Trail	3.0	Colorado Springs
Doctor Park: Loop (Doctor Park)	2.0	Crested Butte
Rabbit Valley	30.0	Fruita
Broken Hip (South Shore Lake Pueblo)	1.0	Pueblo
Broken Boyfriend (Whipple Trail System)	2.0	Buena Vista
Whipple Trail (Whipple Trail System)	1.0	Buena Vista
Rainbow Trail: Methodist Mountain Thd to Bear Creek Thd (Rainbow Trail)	6.0	Salida
Elkhead Loop (Steamboat Ski Resort)	1.0	Steamboat Springs
Steamboat Ski Resort	50.0	Steamboat Springs
Silver Creek	4.0	Salida

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