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Colorado 14ers: El Diente Peak, Wilson Peak and Mount WilsonThese challenging routes run through a land of rugged spires, swift streams, snowy gullies, and golden aspen stands. Experts: Connect the knife-edged ridge between Mount Wilson and El Diente. Buena Vista, CO: Timberline Trail to Huron PeakThis 3-day trek follows a choice route through Colorado's high and wild Collegiate Peaks. Grand Junction, CO: Horsethief Bench LoopBlast through rock gardens and banked singletrack before a final downhill blitz on this 7.7-mile ride on Horsethief Bench.
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Big Horn Sheep CanyonFirst whitewater rafting trip and it was amazing! Grand Junction, CO: The RibbonThis 7-mile out-and-back rolls through a creek wash on the way up to a moon-like strand of slickrock--prepare for a grinding climb and a brake-sizzling descent. Rainbow Trail--Bear Creek/Methodist Mountain LoopA popular and convenient 2-4 hour loop, this ride starts and finishes in downtown Salida, and features a fine stretch of twisty Rainbow Trail singletrack. It includes a stout and increasingly rough climb up Bear Creek road to the Rainbow trailhead, offers stunning views of the upper Arkansas River valley, and finishes with a ripping fireroad descent on county road 108. Total distance is 20 miles, total elevation gain is about 2,300 feet. Trip By Absolute Bikes
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Top 3 Luxury HikesHit the trail, then hit the oh-so-soft mattress at one of these hiker-friendly lodges. 
Ultimate Rocky Mountain DestinationsDisappear into Yellowstone's forgotten peaks. Bag Colorado's most exciting Fourteener. Hike Utah's unknown long trail Our field editors pick 24 epics for your Rockies life list. 
Natural Wonders: Smallest Deer, Frozen Waterfall, and Death Valley's WildflowersThree treks to life-list phenomena from Death Valley to Colorado. |
Southern Rockies: Continental Divide Trail, COHike high on this above-treeline route through the Weminuche Wilderness. 
Central Rockies: Mount of the Holy Cross Loop, COScramble to a remote refuge on this peak's secret side. |
Keyhole Route, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, COIn May 2006, BACKPACKER editors Jon Dorn and Kris Wagner made an early-season summit attempt on the highest peak (14,255 feet) in Rocky Mountain National Park. (Photos by Jonathan Dorn) 
The CDT Project209 BACKPACKER readers were dispatched to GPS map the CDT & they sent along some amazing photographs. |
The BACKPACKER Interview: Ken BurnsAward-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins us to talk about the people, places, and lasting importance of his latest project, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." 
3D Flyover: Rocky Mountain National Park's Grand LoopExplore the quieter side of Rocky Mountain National Park with writer Dougald MacDonald on this historically inspired route up Longs Peak. 
Boulder's Gregory Canyon TrailTake an abandoned wagon road near Boulder's Flatirons with Backpacker editors Jon Dorn and Anthony Cerretani in this trail profile. |
The CDT Project: WildlifeBig and small, the Backpacker teams spotted a variety of wildlife along the CDT |
Editors' Choice Gold 2010 Videos: Evernew Titanium Non-Stick CookwareThese perfect pots have stood the test of time and earned our coveted Editors' Choice Gold Award. |
Editors' Choice 2010: Climbing the MonchBACKPACKER editors cap their Swiss gear-testing trip with a climb of the 13,474-foot Monch. |
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