Walk in the Footsteps of History on These Amazing Telluride Colorado Hikes

Are you ready to get out and explore the amazing hiking trails of Telluride, Colorado? Telluride offers everything from short little jaunts to day-long mountain hikes. Take a look at ten awesome trails.

Who would have guessed you could find so many amazing trails this close to town. Given the variety to choose from, you could hike several in a single day.

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No Surprise Telluride Colorado Features Amazing Hikes

The Colorado town of Telluride is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. As you can imagine, it's loaded with history. What better way to experience that history than to get outdoors and hike the trails.

Hiking in Telluride You Start Out at a High Elevation

The town itself sits at 8,750 feet. In other words, you're starting out at an elevation already higher than the summit of many Colorado trails.

Telluride Hikes Will Lead to Fantastic Waterfalls

On the eastern side of Telluride, you'll find two waterfalls, Ingram Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.

Highly Rated Trails in Telluride Colorado

Some of the trails on this list have reviews on Alltrails.com. As a matter of fact, this list includes some of the top ten highest-rated trails on the site. Three of the hikes listed here have a perfect five-out-of-five star ranking from Alltrails.com.

For this list, featured trails are those with easy to moderate ratings. We'll save the 14'ers for a different gallery.

Telluride features over 30 hiking trails of various lengths and difficulty levels. Hiking season begins in May and lasts until early October. During those months you'll love the waterfalls, wildflowers, and high alpine lakes