The Best Winter Hikes Near Denver
If you hang up your gear in fall, you’re missing out on Colorado’s sleeper season. Solitude, snowy vistas, and new terrain await hardy hikers with a pair of snowshoes or cross-country skis.

Winter Wonderlands

Nederland: Lost Lake via Hessie Trail Snowshoe Hike

Rocky Mountain National Park: Cub Lake Snowshoe Hike

Boulder: Shanahan Ridge Snowshoe Hike

Idledale: Lair o’ the Bear Park Snowshoe Hike

Monarch: Old Monarch Pass Snowshoe Hike

Rocky Mountain National Park: Bear Lake to Hollowell Park Snowshoe Hike

Rocky Mountain National Park: Calypso Cascades Cross-Country Ski Trail

Rocky Mountain National Park: Glacier Gorge Snowshoe Hike
