PANCAKE ROCKS TRAIL, Divide. Gisele Miyamoto, hike leader. 6 miles RT, 1,700 elev gain, highest altitude 11,150 ft, Moderately Challenging.

CHEESMAN CANYON TRAIL, Pike Nat'l Forest, near Deckers. Susan Hess, hike leader. 5.5 miles RT along the South Platte River, 475 ft elev gain. Moderately Challenging.

PAINT MINES INTERPRETIVE TRAIL, Calhan. Linda Langston, hike leader. About 2 miles (loop), 250 ft elev gain. Easy.

GRAY BACK PEAK, Old Stage Rd near old Broadmoor stables. Dan Zeddies, hike leader. 3.6 miles RT, 950 ft elev gain. Moderate.

DIXON TRAIL, CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK TO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. Gwen Weddington, hike leader. 14.1 miles RT, 3,200 ft elev gain, highest altitude 9,560 ft, allday hike. Challenging/Hard.

ARKANSAS RIVERWALK, Cañon City. Art Porter, hike leader. About 4 miles RT, 300 ft elev gain. Easy.

COLUMBINE TRAIL, North Cheyenne Canyon COS. Roger Spaulding, hike leader. 8 miles RT, 1,700 ft elev gain. Moderate to Challenging.

REDEMPTION/HARD TIME TRAILS/SLOT CANYON, Temple Canyon, Cañon City. Dan Zeddies, hike leader. About 5 miles (loop), ~600 ft elev gain. Slot canyon is optional. Moderately Challenging.

CORRAL BLUFFS, east of COS Airport. Pat Zeddies, hike leader. 4 miles over rolling hills. Moderate. This is the site of recent fossil discoveries that include now-extinct dinosaurs and rapidly evolving small mammals before and after mass extinctions following the asteroid that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan peninsula.