Estes Park Co. area. Favorite Trails??

[DaltonGang]

Going to Estes Park Co. soon. I was needing to know some easy trails to light/moderate trails. What are you guys/gals favorites, in and around the area??? I will be wheeling in a JLUS S, with Rubi Suspension, and Tires/Rims. So, it isnt Hard Core rock crawler.

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[DaltonGang]

Opps, wrong section. Still, need to know what trails y'all like.

 

[sbmitch2000]

Opps, wrong section. Still, need to know what trails y'all like.

Look for an app called “All Trails”, works really well. Gives distance, elevation, difficulty rating, reviews, etc.

 

[DaltonGang]

Look for an app called “All Trails”, works really well. Gives distance, elevation, difficulty rating, reviews, etc.

Thank you. I was mainly wanting recommendations from members who have been on those trails.

 

[DKAwildcat]

Definitely drive up Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park if you haven’t done that before. It’s an easy 10.5 mile one-way drive up a gravel and dirt road leading to the Alpine Visitor Center located near the top of Trail Ridge Road. You’ll experience great views and see wildlife along the way.

 

[1quick1]

Definitely drive up Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park if you haven’t done that before. It’s an easy 10.5 mile one-way drive up a gravel and dirt road leading to the Alpine Visitor Center located near the top of Trail Ridge Road. You’ll experience great views and see wildlife along the way.

Make sure it's open. It's been closed a lot.

 

[DaltonGang]

Definitely drive up Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park if you haven’t done that before. It’s an easy 10.5 mile one-way drive up a gravel and dirt road leading to the Alpine Visitor Center located near the top of Trail Ridge Road. You’ll experience great views and see wildlife along the way.

you are the second I've heard recommend Old Fall River Road. It's #1 on the list, so far.

 

[Sgt Beavis]

Switzerland Trail / Sugarloaf Moutain is easy and very scenic. It’s about a half hour south on hwy 72.

 

[Rickrv8]

Make sure it's open. It's been closed a lot.

Fall River is scheduled to open July 13th....assuming we don’t get more snow. We drove over Trail Ridge last Friday and the upper portion of a Fall River appeared clear. Snowpack in our area is melting rapidly.

 

[Sorbs]

Pole Hill Road Trail. It’s on the way into town if you’re on Hwy 36.

 

[DaltonGang]

Thanks guys. Hopefully there wont be anymore snow.

 

[DKAwildcat]

you are the second I've heard recommend Old Fall River Road. It's #1 on the list, so far.

DaltonGang: Thanks for bringing up this topic for it got my wife to thinking about heading there. In fact, we just got back from our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, the top of Mt. Evans, Breckenridge, and Aspen last Saturday. In addition to Old Fall River Road, we drove through the Boreas Pass Road outside Breckenridge (another easy trail you should try sometime). We were wanting to drive the Gold Belt Scenic Byway near Canon City (which is a series of easy off-road trails), but didn’t have time. We’ll likely take that adventure next year. Again, thanks for putting the Rockies on our minds!

 

[DaltonGang]

DaltonGang: Thanks for bringing up this topic for it got my wife to thinking about heading there. In fact, we just got back from our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, the top of Mt. Evans, Breckenridge, and Aspen last Saturday. In addition to Old Fall River Road, we drove through the Boreas Pass Road outside Breckenridge (another easy trail you should try sometime). We were wanting to drive the Gold Belt Scenic Byway near Canon City (which is a series of easy off-road trails), but didn’t have time. We’ll likely take that adventure next year. Again, thanks for putting the Rockies on our minds!

Old Fall River Road was fun, but not challenging, at all. Especially when we saw.Honda Civics do it, without a problem. But we still had fun, and the scenery was great. Plenty of sites to look at, and places to pull over. We wanted to do harder trails, but, being loaded down, with 5 people, the clearance was compromised. We took many back roads, and many high passes, around the.area, but, nothing challenging.
The only stupid thing we did was to drive.to the top of Pikes Peak. Over 14,100 feet high, with some scary as hell drop-offs. The loaded down jeep handled it, like a champ. We passed many broken down cars and trucks, along the way. The altitude didnt effect the performance and feel of the engine, just my nerves.

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