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# Colorado Front Range Bypass(es)
- URL: https://www.hikingamerica.com/colorado-alternate-routes/
- Published: 2022-10-21T19:25:21.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-21T19:25:21.000Z
- Description: With Fall arriving and snow starting to fall above 10k ft, we've created a few 'Plan B' Alternate Routes for the American Discovery Trail just in case.
- Author: John Wesley Brett
- Tags: Colorado

## One Requested, Two Created

A couple of weeks back, our friend [****Shawn "Ruk Runner" Whitcomb**](https://www.tiktok.com/@ruk%5Frunner?is%5Ffrom%5Fwebapp=1&sender%5Fdevice=pc&ref=hikingamerica.com)*(below pointing)* **,** at the time eastbound on the **American Discovery Trail** and heading downhill to **Denver**, [reached out, looking for an alternate route](https://www.hikingamerica.com/winterbypass/) between **Colorado Springs and Pueblo.** 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/10/rukcrop.jpg)

Shawn "Ruk Runner" Whitcomb (pointing) at the Confluence of the ADT Northern & Southern Route - Photo courtesy: Shawn Whitcomb

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/07/Hiking-America-wordmark-v2-1.png)

It is fall, after all, and the ADT makes a hard right at Colorado Springs, heading back up into the Rockies and **back up over 10,000 ft**. At the highest point of the section (10,426 ft), just east of Cripple Creek, **there is snow in the forecast** as early as this weekend. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/10/snow.jpg)

**Hiking America - American Discovery Trail Waypoint on Gaia GPS**

So it makes sense to have a 'Plan B' with **Ruk** still more than a week away.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/07/Swoosh_UPDATES.png)

### UPDATED: [Colorado South Segment 3 - Alternate](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-colorados/)

On Wednesday of this week, we finalized the new **92 waypoints** for the Alternate Route both for Gaia GPS and our printable directions, as well as **27 new pages of maps.**

> **But, wait. There's more.**

The **American Discovery Trail Southern Route** out of Denver actually goes **not once but twice** back into the Rockies before *finally* heading east to Kansas.

So today, we are also releasing...

### UPDATED: [Colorado South Segment 1 - Alternate](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-colorados/)

In this Alternate, we've created a more direct path **between Denver and Colorado Springs.** The section it bypasses, while not up to 10,000 ft, does climb back up to **8,467 ft at the Rim Road/Jackson Creek Trailhead.**

We've added another 38 waypoints and 13 pages of maps to guide you. Plus Hiker Notes for services along the way. 

Currently, it's a balmy 47 degrees along this Alternate, so Ruk Runner says he will stay on the main ADT route until Segment 3\. But for future ADT hikers, it's another alternative tool in the backpack.

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