Hiking, Backpacking, and Peak Bagging your Colorado Mountains

Hiking in the Colorado Sawatch Mountains of nearby towns Buena Vista, Leadville, and Salida can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life! Plan your trip today, and don't let uncertainty stop you! The Trailhead in Buena Vista is your best stop for all the gear, clothing, accessories, maps and info you need for a fun and safe Colorado Rocky Mountain adventure.

When it comes to merchandise, we take our cues from our customers who range the gamut from casual day hikers with kids in tow to through-hikers on the epic Colorado and Continental Divide Trails as well as peak baggers scaling the 14,000-foot peaks that are right in our backyard.

Stop on in for gear, friendly advice and the latest trail conditions and weather reports. We'll help you find exactly what you're looking for.

Hiking Trails

Agnes Vaille Falls Trail Barbara Whipple Trail Browns Creek Trail Browns Pass Trail Colorado Trail Continental Divide Trail         Davis Meadow Trail Denny Creek Trailhead Fourmile Trailhead Frenchman Creek Trail Hartenstein Trail Harvard Lakes Horn Fork Trail

Kroenke Lake Trail Little Browns Creek Trail Missouri Gulch Trail Narrow Gauge Trail North Cottonwood Trail Pine Creek Trail Ptarmigan Lake Trail Salt Creek Trail Silver Basin Trail Texas Creek Trail Three Elk Trail Tumble Creek Trail Wagon Loop Trail

Hiking Guidebook Resources for Colorado

List of Fourteeners-By Range-Alphabetically

Sawatch Range:

Fourteener Name	Elevation	Difficulty Rating	Nearby Town	National Geographic  Trails Illustarated  Map #
Mt. Antero	14,269'	Moderate	Buena Vista/Nathrop	130
Mt. Belford	14,197'	Moderate	Buena Vista	129
Mt. Columbia	14,073'	Moderate	Buena Vista	129
Mt. Elbert	14,433'	Easiest	Leadville	110 & 127
Mt. Harvard	14,420'	Moderate	Buena Vista	129
Mt. of the Holy Cross	14,005'	Moderate	Red Cliff/Minturn/Vail	126
Huron Peak	14,003'	Easiest	Buena Vista/Leadville	129
La Plata Peak	14,336'	Moderate	Buena Vista/Leadville	127, 129, 110
Mt. Massive	14,421'	Moderate	Leadville	127 & 110
Missouri Mountain	14,067'	Moderate	Buena Vista/Leadville	129 & 110
Mt. Oxford	14,153'	Moderate	Buena Vista/Leadville	129 & 110
Mt. Princeton	14,197'	Moderate	Buena Vista/Nathrop	130 & 129
Mt. Shavano	14,229'	Moderate	Salida	130
Tabeguache Peak	14,155'	Moderate	Salida	130
Mt. Yale	14,196'	Moderate	Buena Vista	129

Tenmile Range:

Quandry Peak

14,265'

Easiest

Breckenridge/Alma/Fairplay/Leadville

109

Mosquito Range:

Mt. Bross	14,172'	Easiest	Breckenridge/Alma/Leadville	109
Mt. Cameron	14,238'	Unranked	Alma/Fairplay/Breckenridge	109
Mt. Democrat	14,148'	Easiest	Fairplay/Alma/Leadville	109
Mt. Lincoln	14,286'	Easiest	Alma/Fairplay/Breckenridge	109
Mt. Sherman	14,036'	Easiest	Fairplay/Alma/Leadville	110

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