Staff Picks: Summer's Best Trails, Water and Brews

The snow is melting, the days are getting longer, and this weekend marks the unofficial start of summer! So, our staff are pumping up their bike tires, dusting off hiking boots, tying flies, and inflating paddleboards in anticipation of hitting the trails, rivers and lakes. For many of us at Moving Mountains, summer is our favorite season in the Colorado Rockies.

We tapped into the local knowledge of our team members in Breckenridge, Steamboat, and the Vail Valley to compile a guide to our favorite (and in some cases secret) trails to hike and bike, heart-pumping rivers to raft, picturesque lakes to paddleboard, and pristine rivers to cast a fly. And at the end of a fun and sun-filled day in the mountains, where do we all head to celebrate our adventures and put back a cold local craft beer.

• Mad Creek - April, Reservations Specialist
• Blackmere - Vanessa, Guest Services Manager
• Gilpin Lake - Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager
• Zirkel Circle - Mallory, Guest Experience Specialist 

• Buffalo Mountain Loop - Meghan, Photographer 
• B&B Trail - Kayla, Assistant General Manager

• Pitkin Lake Trail - Mathieu, Guest Services Specialist
• Upper Piney Lake Trail - Gaby, Guest Services Specialist
• Lake Charles/Mystic Lake Trail - Bobby, Property Specialist
• Lost Lake Trail - Arianne, Front Desk Specialist

• Morning Gloria - David, Finance Associate
• Wild Rose- Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager
• Steamboat Stinger - Robin, Co-Founder, CEO, President

• Peaks Trail - Kayla, Assistant General Manager
• Aspen Alley - Meghan, Photographer

• Meadow Mountain Loop - Arianne, Front Desk Specialist
• Village to Village Trail - Bobby, Property Specialist

Vail Valley

• Sylvan Lake - Bobby, Property Specialist; Arianne, Front Desk Specialist
• Colorado River (Upper C) - Mathieu, Guest Services Specialist

• Yampa River - Robin, Co-Founder, CEO, President

• 10 Mile Creek - Chris, Guest Services Specialist

• Gore Creek - Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

• Core Trail - Stephanie, General Manager
• Butcherknife Trail - Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

• Eagle Valley Trail - Bobby, Property Specialist
• Vail Recreation Path (Donovan Park to Vail Village) - Arianne, Front Desk Specialist
• Gore Valley Trail (Cascade area to Vail Village) - Gaby, Guest Services Specialist

• Sally Barber Mine Trail - Kayla, Assistant General Manager
• Frisco Peninsula Trail - Meghan, Photographer

• Colorado River (Gore Canyon) - Jill, Front Desk Supervisor
• Yampa River (Cross Mountain Canyon) - Robin, Co-Founder, CEO, President

• Arkansas River (Browns Canyon) - Gaby, Guest Services Specialist; Kayla, Assistant General Manager

• Colorado River (Upper C) - Bobby Cornwell, Property Specialist; Mathieu, Guest Services Specialist; Chris, Guest Services Specialist
• Colorado River (Horse Creek River Access) - Arianne, Front Desk Specialist

• Mountain Tap Brewery - Robin, Co-Founder, CEO, President
• Storm Peak Brewing - Teresa. Brand & Guest Services Manager
• Mythology - Vanessa, Guest Services Manager

• Broken Compass (OG Taproom) - Chris, Guest Services Specialist
• Pug Ryan's Tiki Bar (Dillon Marina) - Meghan, photographer

This is the Moving Mountains Team on May 8! We're having fun in a late spring snowstorm but we've already packed away the ski and snowboard gear and are eagerly awaiting the start of summer so we can go out and enjoy all of our favorite places (on a sunny warm day) for hiking, biking and fishing!