| BY JOHN MEYER, JMEYER@DENVERPOST.COM
Hey there, outdoors folks! Please check out our story listing Colorado's 10 most popular trails according to AllTrails, featured below. I've done almost all of them, and it's a really good list. Maybe it will give you ideas for your first summer hikes. I suppose being popular means they can be crowded at times, but they
're popular because they're great trails. Heads upA slight cool-off is
coming this weekend. After a high temperature of 86 on Friday, highs on Saturday and Sunday will be in the mid 70s with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. 
Arapahoe Basin has been closed since Sunday, but it will reopen for this weekend, closing for the season on Sunday. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Worth Your Time
This video still shows a wolf pup
from the King Mountain Pack and was taken in Routt County during the summer of 2025. (Video still via Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Get Yourself Outdoors
Hikers
follow the Herman Gulch trail in Clear Creek County near Silver Plume. (Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post file)
They include a chain of lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park, a glacier and a wildflower-strewn 14er MORE HEADLINES DOG OF THE WEEK "He was very tolerant of costumes and hats (and even wigs). He
is now swimming, chasing tennis balls and butt-tucking in Heaven," owner Kate Reckman writes. If you want your pup featured, email a photo and short description to tfries@denverpost.com. 
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