Hotel Draw Road
Hotel Draw Road connects Hermosa Creek into the Colorado Trail (at high country) where the trail crosses the road several times along the Great Divide.
Hotel Draw Road connects Hermosa Creek into the Colorado Trail (at high country) where the trail crosses the road several times along the Great Divide.
Salt Creek Trail connects from the Southern end of Hermosa Creek Trail into the Colorado Trail (at high country) into the Rico-Silverton Trail.
West Cross Creek Trail connects the main Hermosa Creek Trail to the Colorado Trail (at high country).
From southern Hermosa Creek trail, Jones Creek Trail climbs for about 5 miles where it enters a grassy meadow in a stand of aspens and connects into Pinkerton-Flagstaff Trail.
Goulding Creek Trail is a moderately difficult, 6-mile round-trip hike that climbs above Hermosa Cliffs near Tamarron Resort.
Pinkerton-Flagstaff is a difficult 8-mile trail in the Hermosa Creek area.
Dutch Creek Trail is a mostly downhill trail that runs along the creek and through lots of aspen groves and creek crossings.
Little Elk Creek is an 11-mile difficult trail connecting the main Hermosa Creek Trail into Dutch Creek.
The views from Purgatory Cliffs at the top of the Elbert Creek trail overlooking the Needles are beautiful no matter what time of year you scale the heights; however, there is almost no better place to witness the changing aspens in the fall.
The main Hermosa Creek Trail is always the most well-worn route and sees several junctions in the 12.7-mile one way.