Mount McConnel National Recreation Trail is a

hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...

trail in the

Cache La Poudre Wilderness The Cache la Poudre Wilderness is federally- protected area administered by the U.S. Forest Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District on the Roosevelt National Forest in Colora ...

Roosevelt National Forest The Roosevelt National Forest is a National Forest located in north central Colorado. It is contiguous with the Colorado State Forest as well as the Arapaho National Forest and the Routt National Forest. The forest is administered jointly with ...

west of

Fort Collins A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

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. The trail leading from Fort Collins Mountain Park to the summit of

Mount McConnel Mount McConnel is a mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in the Cache La Poudre Wilderness of Roosevelt National Forest, west-northwest ( bearing 292°) of the City of Fort Collins in ...

was constructed by the

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in 1936. Designation as a

National Recreation Trail The National Trails System is a series of trails in the United States designated "to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nati ...

was in 1981.

References

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