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This opinionated guide to the best trails in top hiking destinations features trails that take you above timberline to turquoise lakes nestled in dramatic cirques, to passes with see forever views and to glorious alpine meadows filled with wildflowers.
Featured Destinations
The San Juan Mountains around the towns of Ouray, Telluride, Silverton and Lake City are one of Colorado's best day hiking areas.
View HikesThe Sawatch and Elk Mountains around Aspen, Leadville, Buena Vista, Crested Butte and Marble feature glacial valleys leading to vast alpine expanses and glistening lakes set amid towering peaks.
View HikesThis hiker's wonderland around Lee Vining, Mammoth Lakes, Bishop and Lone Pine is crisscrossed by trails traveling through the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses, Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks.
View HikesGiant sequoias, glistening lakes and dramatic mountain scenery tempt hikers to explore the Sierra Nevada Mtns around Lodgepole and Mineral King in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park.
View HikesExplore great trails in the Teton Range including Grand Teton Natl Park and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness along with hikes around Jackson Hole.
View HikesThe Wind River Range is a backpacker's paradise, running for 80 miles along the crest of the Continental Divide in west-central Wyoming.
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