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Backpacker Magazine – May 2010
Local Hikes: Mountain West
Spot a grizzly, basecamp amid Fourteeners, and relax in secluded hot springs. (Click linked trips for GPS waypoints, photos, and more.)
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- Camping |
- Backpacking |
- Colorado |
- New mexico |
- Arizona |
- Utah |
- Wyoming |
- Montana |
- Adventures |
READER EXPERTS
Erinn Morgan
Durango, CO
Morgan moved to Durango from Manhattan seven years ago for its easy access to
more than 100,000 acres of wilderness. From running the Animas River to peakbagging above Chicago Basin,
she takes full advantage.
Favorite hike Maze Overlook Trail, Canyonlands NP, UT
Bill Velasquez
Albuquerque, NM
Favorite hike Trail #135, Sandia Mountain Wilderness, NM
Jason Kauffman
Missoula, MT
Favorite hike Rattlesnake Trail, Rattlesnake NRA, MT
Erinn Morgan
Durango, CO
Morgan moved to Durango from Manhattan seven years ago for its easy access to
more than 100,000 acres of wilderness. From running the Animas River to peakbagging above Chicago Basin,
she takes full advantage.
Favorite hike Maze Overlook Trail, Canyonlands NP, UT
Bill Velasquez
Albuquerque, NM
Favorite hike Trail #135, Sandia Mountain Wilderness, NM
Jason Kauffman
Missoula, MT
Favorite hike Rattlesnake Trail, Rattlesnake NRA, MT
Quick City Escapes
Amazon’s best-selling guidebook authors choose killer dayhikes near…
Denver from Tracy Salcedo-Chourre
Best Easy Day Hikes Denver, Falcon, $10
> Bergen Peak Trail, Elk Meadow Open Space
> Ponderosa and Sisters Trails, Alderfer-Three Sisters Open Space
> Red Rocks/Morrison Slide Loop, Matthews-Winters Open Space
Phoenix from Stewart Green
Best Easy Day Hikes Phoenix, Falcon, $10
> Camelback Mountain Summit and Cholla Trails, Echo Canyon Recreation Area
> Piestewa Peak Circumference Trail, Phoenix Mountains Preserve
> Peralta Canyon Trail, Superstition Wilderness
Salt Lake City from Greg Witt
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City, Menasha Ridge Press, $17
> Brighton Lake Trail, Big Cottonwood Canyon
> Ladder Trail, Lone Peak Wilderness Area
> Cecret Lake Trail, Little Cottonwood Canyon
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READERS COMMENTS
so much in southern new mexico, guess gunna have to find them and send them in.
Nothing in Arizona?
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