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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.
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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