Basalt, Colorado (6,611 ft) is a small town at the confluence of the Roaring Fork River and Fryingpan River. It once served as a stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad connecting the valley to Colorado Springs. It is a gateway to the Upper Fryingpan Valley and the towns of Meredith, Thomasville, Norrie Colony, Nast and Leadville. There are a lot of hiking and biking trails. We made a list. Use our search tool below to find a trail. We also list the top rated trails in Basalt and the most popular trails in Basalt. Happy exploring!

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Trails in Basalt

• Arbaney Kittle Trail #2186.2:
  Hard – 17.5 Miles (1.75 Miles to Fryingpan Overlook) – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Arbaney Kittle Gulch Trail:
  Hard – 1.15 Miles – Hike, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Arbaney Kittle West Trail:
  Hard – 1.95 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Basalt High School Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Basalt History Tour:
  Easy – Less Than A Mile – Walk, Dog Friendly – Paved

• Basalt Mountain Road (FSR #524):
  Medium – 9 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Basalt Mountain Trail #1911:
  Medium – 3.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Basalt / Old Snowmass Trail:
  Easy – 2.2 Miles – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Paved

• Berm Trail:
  Easy – 0.4 Miles – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Dog Friendly – Paved

• Black Bear Trail:
  Easy – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Dog Friendly – Paved

• BLM Road 8320:
  Medium – 7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• BLM Road 8324:
  Medium – 7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• BLM Road 8325:
  Medium – 1.7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• BLM Road 8334:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt/Rocky

• BLM Road 8335:
  Medium – 3.25 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt/Rocky

• Bowers Gulch Trail:
  Medium – 2.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Buckhorn Trail:
  Medium – 2.8 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Buckhorn Traverse Trail:
  Medium – 2.1 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Buzzard Basin Trail:

• Cattle Creek Trail #1909:
  Medium – 3.7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Cedar Drive:
  Medium – 2.25 Miles – Hike, Run, Road Bike, Mountain Bike – Paved/Dirt

• Cell Tower Road:
  Medium – Hike, Run – Dirt *Winter closure Dec. 1 to April 15

• Christmas Tree Trail:
  Medium – 0.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Creekside Trail:
  Medium – 1 Mile – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Crown Mountain Park Loop:
  Easy – 1 Mile – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Dog Friendly – Paved

• Crown Mountain River Trail:
  Medium – Distance Varies – Hike, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• The Crown:
  Difficulty Varies – Distance Varies – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Dinkle Lake Road (FSR #311):
  Easy – 2.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Dinkle Lake Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Ditch Trail #1737.5:
  Medium – 1.34 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Downtown Basalt-Willits Trail:
  Easy – 3.8 Miles – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Dog Friendly – Paved

• East Sopris Creek Road (CR 7):
  Medium – 6 Miles – Road Bike, Mountain Bike – Paved/Dirt

• Emma Trail:
  Easy – 1 Mile – Walk, Run, Road Bike, Dog Friendly – Paved

• English Trim Trail:
  Easy – 0.25 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Father of Ginormous Trail:
  Hard – 2.3 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Frying Pan Road (CR 104):
  Medium – 32 Miles – Road Bike – Paved

• Gasline Trail:
  Easy – Less Than A Mile – Walk, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Ginormous Trail:
  Medium – 0.30 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Glassier Trail:
  Medium – 1.6 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike – Dirt

• Glassier (Bike/Hike) Trail:
  Medium – 1.9 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike – Dirt

• Glassier (Horse/Hike) Trail:
  Medium – 1.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride – Dirt

• Green Gate Trail #1903:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Hay Park Trail:
  Medium – 7.4 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Highline Trail:
  Medium – 0.8 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Hillside Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run – Dirt

• Innie Trail:
  Medium – 3.4 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Kelly Lake Road:
  Medium – Hike, Run – Dirt *Winter closure Dec. 1 to April 15

• Light Hill:
  Medium – Distance Varies – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Lone Pine Trail #1913:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Micro Hydro Power Plant Road:
  Medium – Hike, Run – Dirt *Winter closure Dec. 1 to April 15

• Midvalley View Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run – Dirt *Winter closure Dec. 1 to April 15

• Milepost One Trail #1904:
  Medium – 1.55 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Mill Creek Trail:
  Medium – 1.7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Monte Carlo Trail:
  Medium – 1.7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Mount Sopris Trail #1958:
  Hard – 7 Miles – Hike, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt/Rocky

• Nancy’s Path:
  Hard – 1.6 Miles – Hike, Run – Dirt

• North Fork Trail #1914 (Cattle Creek):
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Old Pond Park Trail:
  Easy – Less Than A Mile – Walk, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Old Wagon Road:
  Medium – 3 Miles – Hike, Run – Dirt

• Outie Trail:
  Medium – 2.4 Mile – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Plunge Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Ponderosa Trail:
  Easy – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Porcupine Trail:
  Easy – 3.7 Mile – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Red Table Road (FSR #514):
  Hard – 13.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Red Table Trail #1909:
  Hard – 5 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Rio Grande Trail:
  Easy – 42 Miles – Walk, Hike, Run, Road Bike, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly- Paved/Gravel

• Riverside Trail:
  Easy – 0.40 Miles – Walk, Run, Dog Friendly – Gravel

• Rock Bottom Ranch Eco-Trail:
  Easy – Distance Varies – Walk – Dirt/Gravel

• Rocky Fork Trail #1931:
  Medium – 10.75 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Ruedi Trail #1912:
  Medium – 8 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Seven Castles Trail:
  Hard – Hike – Rocky

• Short Line Trail #1913.2:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Skill Saw Trail:
  Medium – 0.50 Mile – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Skull Bucket Trail:
  Hard – 1.75 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Southside Trail:
  Easy – Less Than A Mile – Walk, Run, Dog Friendly – Paved

• Thomas Lakes Trail #1958:
  Medium – 3.6 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Toner Creek Road:
  Medium – 2 Miles – Hike, Run – Dirt

• Trough Trail:
  Medium – 0.25 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Upper Cattle Creek Road (FSR #509):
  Easy – 2.7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Wilds Trail:
  Easy – Less Than A Mile – Walk, Run, Dog Friendly – Paved

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Trails in the Upper Fryingpan Valley (Above Ruedi Reservoir)

• Aspen/Norrie Trail #1927:
  Medium – 4.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Burnt Mountain Road (FSR #506):
  Easy – 10 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Chapman Gulch Trail #1920:
  Medium – 5.2 Miles – Hike, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Chapman Lake Trail #1923:
  Easy – 0.7 Miles – Hike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Eagle-Thomasville Road (FSR #400):
  Easy – 44 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Fryingpan Lakes Road (FSR #505):
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Fryingpan Lakes Trail #1921:
  Medium – 4.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Granite Lakes Trail #1922:
  Medium – 6 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Hagerman Pass Road (FSR #105):
  Hard – 22 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Rocky/Dirt

• Henderson Park Trail #1972:
  Medium – 5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Ivanhoe Lake Road (FSR #527):
  Medium – 7 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride – Dirt

• Josephine Lake Trail #1916:
  Medium – 2 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Last Chance Trail #1945:
  Medium – 2.2 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Trail, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Lily Pad Lake Trail #1907:
  Medium – 2.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Little Dead Man Trail:
  Hike – Dirt

• Lyle/Mormon Lake Trail #1919:
  Medium – 3.3 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Marten Creek Trail:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Montgomery Flats Trail #1908:
  Medium – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Miller Divide Trail #1930:
  Medium – 4 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Mount Thomas Trail #1870:
  Medium – 9 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• North Fork Road (FSR #501):
  Easy – 7.8 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Nast Lake Trail:
  Easy – 0.2 Miles – Hike, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Norrie Road (FSR #504):
  Medium – 10.3 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Savage Lakes Trail #1918:
  Medium – 2 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Sawyer Lake Trail #1926:
  Medium – 4.7 Mile – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• South Fork Fryingpan Trail #1924:
  Medium – 1 Mile – Hike, Run, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• South Fork Pass Trail #1940:
  Medium – 4.5 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Taylor Creek Road (FSR #510):
  Medium – 6 Miles – Hike, Run, Mountain Bike, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

• Tellurium Lake Trail #1917:
  Medium – 6.8 Miles – Hike, Run, Horseback Ride, Dog Friendly – Dirt

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