HIKES | pikes-peak-atlas

31 Stratton Open Space

Reaching Stratton: From downtown I took Cimarron, which turns into 24, and then turned left onto 8th St. Then I went down a bit of a ways...

INTRO

Colorado Springs is the birthplace of my love of life. I grew up in NJ, went to college in PA, and had traveled once to Disney World. The...

Wildflowers of Colorado

A fun addition to any hike in spring, summer, or fall, is to track Colorado wildflowers. The most beautiful and ellusive being, of...

35 Greyback Peak

(There it is, the handsome grey back of your destination!) Reaching Greyback Peak trailhead -This is one of the most difficult trailheads...

37 Frosty's Park

Reaching Frosty's Park -From downtown, take Nevada all the way South until you get to Lake Drive (these directions are approximate, use...

31 Cutler Mountain Trail

Reaching the Cutler Mountain Trail: From downtown I took Cimarron, which turns into 24, and then turned left onto 18th St. Then I went...

29 Inteman Trail

Reaching the Inteman Trail -From downtown, I took Cimarron, which turns into 24, and then turned left onto 8th St. Then I turned right...

4 Mount Herman Trail 716 and Monument Rock

I did this trail with SU on the way back to Denver, so I didn't write anything down, and we were just meandering, so again, please...

33 Saint Mary's Falls

(I did this hike twice so far -once with SN and once with SU. The first was on Dec 28, 2014, the second was on January 14, 2015.)...

Old Stage Road, Stables at Broadmoor

My sister and SN at the point where we had a view and decided to turn back. If you look up directions on Google maps to St. Mary's Falls,...

Announcements

04/13/15 Old Stage Road is now open! Not sure when this happened, but it has been closed for the past 2 years, so now more access to the back country can be had!

04/13/15 Waldo Canyon and Williams Canyon, 25 and 26 on the Atlas, have been closed for over a year due to the fire that devastated the area a couple of summers ago.

04/13/15 Pikes Peak Atlas was last updated in 2009, so keep in mind some things have changed. I try to mention this in posts when I come across it.

04/13/15 Check the weather every time before you go out!

04/13/15 The Ring the Peak trail goes around the circumfrence of Pikes Peak and almost every trail links up with it at some point. Will mention this in posts.

04/13/15 Always check for hunting season -I am going to research this soon and post here.