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Rating: 8 (1 being Low, 10 being High) Where we found this hike:  Summit County Explorer Website - Mohawk Lake Trail We followed the directions for Mohawk Lake. The falls spills from the lower Mohawk Lake. This was a great Colorado Hike that has a little bit of everything - ruins, mines, views, a lake and then you end up at a waterfall. You couldn't ask for more and the best part is there

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Rating: 6 (1 being Low, 10 being High)Where we found this hike: Clinton Lake North Shore TrailsThe Clinton Lake Blue and White Trails are exercise trails for me since they are just a couple of miles from where I live. For this particular exercise hike I started at the trail head for the Lake Henry Bike Trail and then went 2 miles past Lake Henry and back for a 4 mile round trip hike. This was a

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Title: Best Hikes with Children Colorado - Third EditionPublisher: The Mountaineers BooksAuthor: Maureen KeiltyPhotographs: Dan PehaLinks: http://www.trailresources.com/hgr004.htmlMy Rating: 8 (1 being Low, 10 being High)This is a fairly new book for us. We bought it because we like to hike (especially in Colorado) and it definitely is more challenging once you have kids to hike like you use to.

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Title: The Best Hikes of Colorado - an Altitude SuperGuidePublisher: Altitude Publishing Ltd.Author: Christina WilliamsLinks: Amazon, Open Library My Rating: 9 (1 being Low, 10 being High)First this book means a lot to me because my wife gave it to me for an anniversary present several years ago because of how much we enjoy the Colorado Mountains. Also, this book is different from many other

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Title: Summit County Explorer - Hiking Trails Publisher: Web Based Link: http://www.summitcountyexplorer.com/summithikingtrails.htm My Rating: 8 (1 being Low, 10 being High) I came across this link while searching for Hikes in Summit County. I have done many of the beginner and intermediate hiking trails. I have found the directions to the trail heads are very good and the description of

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Rating: 7 (1 being Low, 10 being High) Where we found this hike: Best Hikes with Children - Colorado The best part of this hike was a day with the family and the wildflowers. Of course the mountain lake was pretty with it's Lilly Pads in full bloom. Bring your bug repellent the mosquitoes were numerous especially by the lake. At the trail head there were lots of people but we didn't see

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Rating: 9 (1 being Low, 10 being High)What a great way to spend the day with the family.Where we found this Day Trip: The Best Hikes of Colorado - an Altitude SuperGuideIt seemed appropriate to me that we went to the Ghost Town of Independence on our Independence vacation. The legend is that prospectors discovered gold in the area on July 4, 1879. In it's hay day the population was 1500 people,

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Rating: 8 (1 being Low, 10 being High)The destination is a photographers dreamWhere I found this hike: Summit County Explorer - Hiking Trails (My Review)This is one of the easiest hike you will do, basically you follow an easy 4 wheel drive trail to Boston Mine and incredible views. Do expect to run into many people on this trail, it is a popular day trip destination. This actually was our

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Rating: 8 (1 being Low, 10 being High)The destination was fabulousWhere I found this hike: Summit County Explorer - Hiking Trails (My Review)I truly enjoyed this hike. The review in the link provided are very valid.Even though this was the 4th of July in Summit County, the trail was not crowded at all.I ran into a total of 7 people (2 of them where multiple-day backpackers) and everyone

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