The Best Boulder Hikes (Colorado Mountain Club Pack Guides)

The twenty best trails in and around the town that is the center of the known world for outdoor recreation

It's true. If you don't hike, climb, ride, ski, or at least run--the Boulder locals will drive you nuts with stories of the coolest route, the gnarliest climb, or the hardest all-day ride to Grand Lake and back. Here is how you can take your revenge. Hike some of the trails in The Best Boulder Hikes and you can be right in there with them, telling tales of great routes. For visitors and locals, casual walkers and hard-core mountaineers, Boulder has arguably the best "backyard" in the country. More than 60 named trails lie in the foothills within a half-hour of town, and scores of more high-altitude trails are within an hour's drive.