General Hiking Info for Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak Regions

Respect other users, expect other users.

Be friendly and courteous.

Share the trail. Ride, walk or run on the right, pass on the left.

Stay on the trail. Creating your own trail or cutting switchbacks creates erosion, damages habitat and causes new trails which can't be maintained.

Need a few Good Reasons to Leash Your Dog?

Here They Are, provided by the American Dog Owners Association.

Leashes protect dogs from becoming lost and from regional hazards such as porcupines, mountain lions, bears, coyotes, snakes, other dogs and sick, injured, or rabid animals.

The Pikes Peak Humane Society will enforce leash laws rails on trails and in Open Spaces and Parks by ticketing the owners, when posted leash laws are abused.

The following groups do trail maintenance or construction projects during the year.

Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park – Coming soon www.friendscmsp.org

Friends of the Peak.

Medicine Wheel

Intemann Trail Committee

Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Click here to view our online Events Calendar with volunteer opportunities.

It's happening all across the nation. You come back to your car after a great ride or hike and your window is smashed and your wallet stolen. It's happened right here at Waldo Canyon, Blodgett Peak Open Space and Palmer Park. What's a person to do? Here are some ideas.