The Colorado Trail Databook

Colorado Trail Foundation

• Publisher: Colorado Mountain Club
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781937052799
• Edition: 8

• Detailed information for all 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, plus the 5 segments of the Collegiate West trail addition
• Color maps and elevation profiles
• Accurate mileages and distances
• Mountain bike detour routes

The eighth edition of The Colorado Trail Databook has been completely updated with new trail survey data. It features accurate trail mileages, maps, and elevation profiles, as well as new information on trail resupply towns. Written for the thru-hiker, weekend backpacker, day hiker, mountain biker, and horse rider, this lightweight pack guide is full of essential logistical information—trailheads, road crossings, trail intersections, stream crossings, water sources, campsite locations, viewpoints, and resupply towns—and can easily be carried in your pocket or backpack. Detailed information is included forall 28 segments of the Colorado Trail, plus the 5 segments of the Collegiate West trail addition and the 5 wildernessbicycle detours. Spanning 486 miles from Denver to Durango, Colorado— with 81 additional miles of the Collegiate West addition— the trail passes through six national forests and six wilderness areas, traverses five major river systems, andcrosses eight mountain ranges.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Welcome to the Colorado Trail®
• Using the Databook
• Safety on the Colorado Trail
• Symbols Used in the Databook
• Resupply Places
• Segment 1: Waterton Canyon Trailhead to South Platte River Trailhead
• Segment 2: South Platte River Trailhead to Little Scraggy Trailhead
• Segment 3: Little Scraggy Trailhead to Rolling Creek Trailhead
• Segment 4: Rolling Creek Trailhead to Long Gulch
• Segment 5: Long Gulch to Kenosha Pass
• Segment 6 (East Half): Kenosha Pass to Gold Hill Trailhead
• Segment 6 (West Half): Kenosha Pass to Gold Hill Trailhead
• Segment 7: Gold Hill Trailhead to Copper Mountain
• Segment 8: Copper Mountain to Tennessee Pass Trailhead
• Segment 9: Tennessee Pass Trailhead to Timberline Lake Trailhead
• Segment 10: Timberline Lake Trailhead to Mount Massive Trailhead
• Segment 11: Mount Massive Trailhead to Clear Creek Road
• Segment 12: Clear Creek Road to Silver Creek Trailhead
• Segment 13: Silver Creek Trailhead to Chalk Creek Trailhead
• Segment 14: Chalk Creek Trailhead to US Hwy-50
• Segment 15: US Hwy-50 to Marshall Pass Trailhead
• Segment 16: Marshall Pass Trailhead to Sargents Mesa
• Segment 17: Sargents Mesa to CO Hwy-114
• Segment 18: CO Hwy-114 to Saguache Park Road
• Segment 19: Saguache Park Road to Eddiesville Trailhead
• Segment 20: Eddiesville Trailhead to San Luis Pass
• Segment 21: San Luis Pass to Spring Creek Pass Trailhead
• Segment 22: Spring Creek Pass Trailhead to Carson Saddle
• Segment 23: Carson Saddle to Stony Pass Trailhead
• Segment 24: Stony Pass Trailhead to Molas Pass
• Segment 25: Molas Pass to Bolam Pass Road
• Segment 26: Bolam Pass Road to Hotel Draw Road
• Segment 27: Hotel Draw Road to Kennebec Trailhead
• Segment 28: Kennebec Trailhead to Junction Creek Trailhead
• Collegiate West 01: Twin Lakes to Sheep Gulch
• Collegiate West 02: Sheep Gulch to Cottonwood Pass Trailhead
• Collegiate West 03: Cottonwood Pass Trailhead to Tincup Pass Road
• Collegiate West 04: Tincup Pass Road to Boss Lake Trailhead
• Collegiate West 05: Boss Lake Trailhead to Ridge Above South Fooses Creek
• Bicycle Detour Lost Creek Wilderness: Rolling Creek Trailhead to Rock Creek Trailhead
• Bicycle Detour Holy Cross/Mount Massive Wilderness: Wurts Ditch Road to Halfmoon Creek Road
• Bicycle Detour Collegiate Peaks Wilderness: Clear Creek Road to Avalanche Trailhead
• Bicycle Detour La Garita Wilderness: Saguache Park Road to Spring Creek Pass Trailhead
• Bicycle Detour Weminuche Wilderness: Stony Pass to Molas Pass