The Best Estes Park Hikes: Colorado Mountain Club Pack Guides

hikes near Estes Park to moderately difficult

and even seriously challenging adventures. This guide will

take you from the summit of Twin Sisters Peak, at 11,428

feet with great walking through fragrant pine forests to

the gently meandering paved trail around Lake Estes, which

affords panoramic views of Longs Peak.

With this guide, you will have the opportunity to sample

wild raspberries along moderate trails crossed by rushing

mountain streams, marvel at butterscotch-scented

ponderosa pines, and test your legs and endurance on a

13-mile loop through fir and pine forests. You will linger for

lunch at Gem Lake, ponder the lives of early explorers and

homesteaders at Homestead Meadows, soothe your feet in

cold mountain streams, and survey your surroundings with a

trek to the 11,000-foot Estes Cone.