Top Hike Views in Colorado
When to Do These Hikes
For most of these hikes, the further you go into the mountains, the harder it will be to get to them in the winter. Generally Summer into the Fall when the snow is gone is the best time to access them. It will look like winter here until about July. So from August until November, it probably won't snow too hard. Then come December, we'll start getting 12 inches of snow.
If you have spikes or snowshoes, you can access them year round, and you may have to walk further to get to the trails since roads will be closed, but you also won't have to pay most of the fees that they have in the parking lots in the summer.
That being said, if you have the gear, in Colorado we get 70 degree days in the middle of winter, so if you encounter bad weather and are able to wait three days, the trail might get clear when it warms up again.
