ColoradoTrail.org • The Colorado Trail Foundation builds and maintains The Colorado Trail, all 567 miles between Denver and Durango, thanks to support from our Volunteers and Donors. Stretching 486 miles from Denver to Durango and 567 miles in total, it travels through the spectacular Colorado Rocky Mountains: peaks, lakes, creeks and diverse ecosystems. Trail users experience 6 wilderness areas and 8 mountain ranges, with elevations from 5,520 to 13,271 feet, an average of over 10,300 feet. Trail enthusiasts include hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers. The Colorado Trail Foundation (CTF) is volunteer driven and donor supported...good people who preserve The Colorado Trail. The CTF is the organization that keeps the Trail in good condition. We work in cooperation with the US Forest Service as most of the CT is on National Forest. The CTF organizes the Volunteers who built The Colorado Trail and who continue to improve and maintain it. CTF Trail Crews are weekend to week-long summer Trail work efforts with a team of around twenty Volunteers accomplishing Trail improvements. We could use your help. Volunteering is worthwhile and fun. The crew schedule is mailed in February each year and posted on our website shortly thereafter. Adopt-A-Trail is our program of Volunteer Adopters and Helpers that take responsibility of a particular section to do the routine annual maintenance like removing the fallen trees, cleaning water diversions, assessing the signs and reporting back to the CTF. Trekking the CT is a great way to see the Trail. Our weeklong CTF treks are popular because your camping gear is hauled to the next night's camp while you hike with only your daypack. Guides lead the way and you arrive in camp to great food and even a backcountry shower. The Colorado Trail Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded almost entirely by private contributions. Our “Friends” are the giving people who volunteer and/or contribute. Please help.
