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

The snow is melting, the days are getting longer, and Memorial Day 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 Sawyer, Reservations Specialist
• Zirkel Circle - Mallory McCall, Guest Services Specialist 

• Buffalo Mountain Loop - Teresa Wiedel, Brand & Guest Experience Manager 
• B&B Trail - Kayla Johnson, Assistant General Manager

• Upper Piney Lake Trail - Gaby Sirotkin, Guest Services Specialist
• Lost Lake Trail - Arianne Hughes, Front Desk Specialist

• Morning Gloria - David, Finance Associate
• Wild Rose - Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

• Peaks Trail - Kayla Johnson, Assistant General Manager
• Aspen Alley - Teresa Wiedel, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

• Meadow Mountain Loop - Arianne Hughes, Front Desk Specialist
• Village to Village Trail - Mallory McCall, Guest Services Specialist

• Hahn's Peak Lake - Kate Pahula, Reservations Manager
• Colorado River (Upper C) - Jill Stouten, Front Desk Supervisor

• Lake Dillon - Kayla, Assistant General Manager & Mallory McCall, Guest Services Specialist

Vail Valley

• Sylvan Lake - Arianne Hughes, Front Desk Specialist
• Colorado River (Upper C) - Lauren Bechtel, Sales Data & Operations Specialist

• Yampa River - Stephanie Kuenast, Guest Services Specialist

• 10 Mile Creek - Kayla Johnson, Assistant General Manager

• Gore Creek - Teresa, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

• Core Trail - Stephanie Stevenson, General Manager
• Fish Creek Falls Overlook - Vanessa Beasley, Guest Services Manager

Breckenridge

• Sallie Barber Mine Trail - Kayla Johnson, Assistant General Manager
• Frisco Peninsula Trail - Teresa Wiedel, Brand & Guest Experience Manager

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

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

• Colorado River (Upper C) - Lauren Bechtel, Sales Data & Operations Specialist
• Colorado River (Horse Creek River Access) - Arianne Hughes, Front Desk Specialist

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

• Broken Compass (OG Taproom) - Mallory McCall, Guest Services Specialist
• Outer Range Brewing Co. - Lauren Bechtel, Sales Data & Operations Specialist