DOES COLORADO HOST A STATE-WIDE TRAIL?
At the present time, there is no off-street trail that runs from one edge of the state to the other. The most complete trail is found in the center of the state, along the I-70 corridor. Various trails run east/west at different points:

** The Kokopelli Trail (a mountain bike trail) leads from Utah to the Fruita area outside Grand Junction.
** Some trails exist along the Colorado River in Grand Junction. Eventually the trail will run from Fruita to Island Acres State Park.
** The Glenwood Canyon Trail runs 16 miles through narrow, scenic Glenwood Canyon.
** From Glenwood Canyon, the cyclist can take the old highway/US6 east to the Vail area. This is not a bike trail, and traffic continues to get worse on this route, but it is a handy connection.
** A bike route/bike path runs through Vail, over Vail Pass, and into the Frisco/Dillon area.
** On the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, you can take the frontage road/old highway along Clear Creek from Georgetown to Idaho Springs.
** In the Denver area, a large network of off-street paved trails can get you almost anywhere in the urban area.

South of Denver, plans are progressing on a segment of the American Discovery Trail. This segment, when complete, will use the Ute Pass Corridor to connect Woodland Park with Colorado Springs and points east.

The American Discovery Trail is a proposed coast-to-coast trail, running through the heart of America. For more information on this effort, please see the ADT home page .

Colorado State Parks has announced an initiative to form a north-south trail from the Wyoming line to Trinidad, running along the base of the Rockies. This trail will utilize many existing trails, and will strive to link these with other trails or existing gravel roads. It is a multi-year project that we will be keeping a close eye on.

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