I'll qualify this report by letting you know I live near Rocky Mountain National Park and the adjacent Indian Peaks Wilderness. Everything is relative to something else, especially what you're used to. I'm used to spectacular mountain hikes and scenery.
So, compared to what I've done (and continue to do) in my neck of the woods, the Zirkel Circle hike...
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Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area
Steamboat Springs, CO
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Ranked #10 of 23 attractions in Steamboat Springs
Type: Nature/ Wildlife Areas
Activities: Fishing
Description: Remote, scenic area near the northern Colorado border popular for fishing, hiking and whitewater rafting.
Fort Collins, Colorado
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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We love to take the horse up here and go for a great ride with beautiful view! I also love to hike up here - all the trails are great and you can't beat the views!
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Grandville, Michigan
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I wouldn't recommend hiking here if you have breating or cardio problems - my GPS read 8700 elev. and the trails are arduous - but if you're healthy and love nature, go here. The views and photo ops are excellent, not to mention the clean smell of pines and feeling of solitude. Sure, we met others on the trail, but...
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Las Cruces, New Mexico
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This is not exactly an area of towering peaks as most of the peaks have a rounded appearance. In addition, there are whole mountainsides of dead pines. However. around Mt. Zirkel you get rocky cliffs and some jagged ridge lines. We hiked up to Lake Gilpin which was a nice and easy jaunt along the creek with lots of wildflowers...
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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I have hiked 200 hundred miles of trails in Mt Zirkel and I am not even close to seeing everything there is to see. The vistas are spectacular as are all the alpine lakes. Camping and backpacking heaven.
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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A great natural landscape for hiking. Gold and Gilpin lakes on the west side of the Zirkels are favorites, so they get busy in the summer. If you want seclusion, enter from Big Creek Lakes north of Walden or take a hike to Lake Katherine East of Walden.
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Steamboat Springs, Co
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Peaks, waterfalls, not a lot of people, and the Zirkle circle a long hard one day hike. After RMNP (which I love) a treat to get some quiet.
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colorado and ohio
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A great place to hike, camp and fish. We also go x-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter - easy access off of Seed House road. It is particularly beautiful in the Fall when the aspens are turning.
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Greeley, Colorado
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The back country is great place for hiking and horse back riding. But the beetle blight has destroyed much of the beauty of the area.
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Steamboat Springs, CO
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The Zirkel Circle is one of the most beautiful hikes in Steamboat, with the trail being about 11 miles and taking 5-7 hours. There is evidence of beetle kill everywhere, though, even though this is one of most pristine areas in all of Colorado. You can also see trees fallen like "tooth picks" from the great blowdown in the late...
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