Top Trail Running Routes
near Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
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Monarch Lake to Crater Lake
14.9 mi 24.0 km • 2,017' Up 614.74 m Up • 2,017' Down 614.7 m Down
Boulder Skyline Traverse
17.3 mi 27.9 km • 5,214' Up 1589.22 m Up • 5,282' Down 1610.04 m Down
High Lonesome Loop
15.7 mi 25.2 km • 3,162' Up 963.89 m Up • 3,162' Down 963.86 m Down
Sky Pond
8.3 mi 13.3 km • 2,000' Up 609.68 m Up • 1,999' Down 609.26 m Down
Pawnee-Buchanan Loop
26.5 mi 42.6 km • 6,632' Up 2021.41 m Up • 6,615' Down 2016.24 m Down
Bear Peak Out and Back
5.7 mi 9.2 km • 2,541' Up 774.37 m Up • 2,540' Down 774.25 m Down
Emerald Lake
3.3 mi 5.4 km • 661' Up 201.34 m Up • 651' Down 198.3 m Down
Longs Peak - Keyhole Route
14.0 mi 22.5 km • 5,241' Up 1597.49 m Up • 5,231' Down 1594.51 m Down
Section 16/Palmer Loop
5.9 mi 9.6 km • 1,287' Up 392.19 m Up • 1,288' Down 392.48 m Down
Quandary Peak
6.4 mi 10.3 km • 3,169' Up 965.85 m Up • 3,178' Down 968.68 m Down
Chasm Lake
8.2 mi 13.3 km • 2,766' Up 843.04 m Up • 2,766' Down 843 m Down
Mount Sanitas via Sunshine Lion's Lair Loop
5.3 mi 8.5 km • 1,261' Up 384.48 m Up • 1,282' Down 390.64 m Down
Grays and Torreys Peaks
8.3 mi 13.3 km • 3,479' Up 1060.53 m Up • 3,466' Down 1056.42 m Down
Loch Vale
6.0 mi 9.7 km • 1,083' Up 330.25 m Up • 1,086' Down 331.15 m Down
Best of Bear Lake Area Loop
5.7 mi 9.1 km • 1,293' Up 394.25 m Up • 1,309' Down 398.84 m Down
Mount Elbert
8.9 mi 14.4 km • 4,410' Up 1344.26 m Up • 4,410' Down 1344.07 m Down
Green Mountain via Ranger/Saddle Rock Loop
4.9 mi 7.9 km • 2,304' Up 702.34 m Up • 2,276' Down 693.72 m Down
Walker Ranch
8.0 mi 12.9 km • 1,527' Up 465.57 m Up • 1,523' Down 464.22 m Down
Ouzel Falls & Back
5.3 mi 8.5 km • 921' Up 280.83 m Up • 921' Down 280.77 m Down
Chavez and Beaver Brook Trail Loop
5.1 mi 8.3 km • 1,018' Up 310.19 m Up • 1,021' Down 311.12 m Down
DeCaliBron
7.0 mi 11.3 km • 3,003' Up 915.3 m Up • 3,003' Down 915.21 m Down
Royal Arch Out and Back
3.4 mi 5.5 km • 1,252' Up 381.69 m Up • 1,251' Down 381.29 m Down
Mitchell Lake Trail Out and Back
5.4 mi 8.7 km • 864' Up 263.28 m Up • 863' Down 263.16 m Down
Mount Morrison
3.6 mi 5.8 km • 1,975' Up 602.04 m Up • 1,974' Down 601.57 m Down
Hessie to Lost Lake
4.4 mi 7.1 km • 860' Up 262.21 m Up • 860' Down 262.12 m Down
Mountain Lion Trail
6.9 mi 11.1 km • 1,531' Up 466.54 m Up • 1,509' Down 459.94 m Down
Mt. Bierstadt – West Slopes
7.2 mi 11.6 km • 2,625' Up 800.22 m Up • 2,624' Down 799.88 m Down
Betasso Preserve
7.6 mi 12.2 km • 939' Up 286.1 m Up • 940' Down 286.44 m Down