Table of Contents
Meet Your Guide ix
Introduction xi
What's Different About Hiking With Your Dog? xii
General Overview of Regulations xii
What You'll Need to Bring xiii
Preparing Your Dog to Hit the Trail xvi
Hazards on the Trail xix
How to Use this Guide xxv
Eastern Plains 1
1 Homestead Trail 2
2 Picketwire Canyonlands 7
3 Dawson Butte Ranch Open Space 12
4 Pawnee Buttes 18
5 South Shoreline Trail 23
Front Range 28
6 Cherry Creek State Park Dog Off-Leash Area 29
7 Lory State Park Loop 34
8 Dome Mountain Trail 40
9 Devil's Backbone Nature Trail 43
10 Mount Audubon 46
11 Blue Lake 49
12 Bear Peak 52
13 Walker Ranch Loop 56
14 Marshall Mesa 59
15 Eldorado Canyon Trail 62
16 Beaver Brook Trail 65
Southern Front Range 69
17 Susan G. Bretag / Palmer Loop 70
18 Lower Barr Trail 74
19 Horsethief Falls 77
20 Red Rock Canyon Trail 80
21 Mount Cutler Trail 83
22 Thompson Mountain 86
23 Newlin Creek Trail 91
24 Crags Trail 94
25 Reilly and Levsa Canyons 97
North of I-70 100
26 Kelly Lake 101
27 Seven Lakes 106
28 Silver Creek Trail 111
29 Coyote and Squirrel Loop 116
30 Black Mountain (West Summit) Trail 121
I-70 Corridor 126
31 Wheeler Trail 127
32 Storm King Fourteen Memorial Trail 131
33 Mount Thomas Trail 136
34 Granite Lakes Trail 140
South of I-70 145
35 Mount Massive 146
36 Harvard Lakes 152
37 Notch Mountain 157
38 Spanish Peaks Traverse 162
39 Middle Frisco Trail 167
40 Alberta Peak: Continental Divide National Scenic Trail 172
41 Williams Creek Trail 176
42 Devils Creek and Lake 181
43 Washington Gulch Trail 186
44 Ptarmigan Lake 191
Western Colorado 195
45 Marvine Loop 196
46 Devils Canyon 201
47 Big Dominguez Canyon 206
48 Upper Roubideau Area Loop 211
49 Jud Wiebe Memorial Trail 216
50 Cascade and Portland Loop 220
51 Pass and Coal Creek Loop 226
52 First Fork and Rod Creek Loop 231
Appendix A Hiking Gear 237
Appendix B Medical Emergencies and Treatment 245
Appendix C Wildlife Conflicts 248
Hike Index 252
