Hike: Collegiate Peaks
Located in Central Colorado, and straddling the contentinal divide, the Collegiate Peaks are part of the Sawatch Mountain Range. Driving from Poncha Springs in the south to Leadville there is a continuous string of peaks from 13,000 to 14,000 feet in elevation. This part of the Sawatch Range provides the highest concentration of 14,000 foot peaks in the nation. Paralleling the Collegiates is the headwaters of the Arkansas River with some of the best kayaking in Colorado. Options are many for exploration, hike by day, soak in a hot spring, and kayak or raft the next morning.
USGS Topographic Maps Link:
Featured Hikes:
Huron Peak:
Missouri Mountain:
Mt. Yale:
Kroenke Lake to Browns Pass:
Mt. Princeton:
Belford and Oxford:
Shavano and Tabeguache:
Harvard and Columbia:
Mt. Antero:
Trails:
Missouri Gulch Trail:
Missouri Mountain Trail:
Frenchman Creek:
Tumble Creek Trail #617:
Kroenke Lake Trail:
Riverside Trail (Buena Vista):
Mt. Oxford:
Brown’s Pass:
Mt. Yale Trail:
Mt. Shavano:
Mt. Harvard:
Mt. Belford – Missouri Gulch:
Horn Fork Basin:
Mt. Princeton Trail:
Mt. Antero Trail: