Easy trails: Four Mile Trail System (Start on Colorado from East Main, turns into CR 371) http://staythetrail.org/wtg/viewtrail.php?trail_id=39
Easy trails: Trout Creek Pass Trail System http://www.4x4explore.com/rds/m_rds/mushroom_glch.html
Challenging trails: St. Elmo & Tin Cup Pass http://www.atvtrails.org/co/tincuppass_stelmo.html
***(great for xc skiing)
Poplar Gulch (Up Chalk Creek Pass, past Saint Elmo – 12 miles West of Mt. Princeton Hot Springs)
http://coloradoguy.com/poplar-gulch-trail/colorado.htm
Rasperry Gulch – Trailhead is ½ mile east of cabin on CR 162. Part of the Colorado Trail
Little Browns Creek to the Little Browns to the waterfall. Drive South on CR 285 to County Road 270; and then travel west on County Road 270 for 2.5 miles. This road turns sharply north. Continue straight at this T and follow County Road 272 4 miles to the trailhead
Browns Canyon National Monument (off US Hwy 285, South of Nathrop) http://www.brownscanyon.org/map/
Barbara Whipple Trail (starts right in town) http://scenicbuenavista.com/whipple-trail.htm
Harvard Lakes (Up Cottonwood Pass) http://alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/harvard-lakes
Bassam Park (Trout Creek Pass) http://www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/bassam-park-lariat.html
Lost Lake (up Cottonwood Pass, about one mile East of the summit of the Pass) http://www.fourteenernet.com/trails/lost-lake
Ptarmigan Lake (From Buena Vista: 12.5 miles west on Cottonwood Pass Road (Highway 306) to the trailhead on the southern side of the road). http://alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/ptarmigan-lake-trail
Hartenstein Lake (From Buena Vista, head West towards Cottonwood Pass about 12 miles, park at the Denny Creek Trailhead. it is a 2.5 mile hike UPhill to the lake. There are two forks in the trail with signage - one fork leads to Mt. Yale, the other to Browns Pass. Just follow the signs! http://alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/browns-pass-hartenstein-lake
Collegiate Peaks Campground loops
***Pine Creek Trail https://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGR241-072
Take US Highway 24 N. to County Road 388. Turn left and make another left immediately. Go about a quarter-mile and no more turns. When you see a sharp right turn do not take it. This sharp right turn is where the parking lot is. Begin your trail there. In about 3 miles on this trail you will encounter the Colorado Trail.
Hope Pass
***La Plata Peak – South Fork of Lake Creek http://www.summitpost.org/la-plata-peak/150371
This is one of only a few Colorado fourteeners that you can reach the trailhead via a paved road! If approaching from the east, go 14.5 mile west on Colorado 82 from the junction of U.S. 24-Colorado 82.
Willis Gulch
Winfield/Vicksburg
Monarch Crest Trail (challenging) http://www.monarchcrest.com/maps.htm
Tenderfoot Mountain (“S” Mountain) in Salida http://salidamountaintrails.org/arkansas-hills-trail-system/