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970-944-2526
The Sportsman Outdoors & Fly Shop
Tantalize your senses with a hiking adventure in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado! Whether you're a seasoned hiker needing a lift to a trailhead or a family in need of some guidance and interpretaion on a walk with the family, The Sportsman can provide the hiker with outfitting, interpretative guided hikes, shuttles, and even trail maps and suggestions.
The Sportsman offers half-day and full-day hiking trips for all ability levels and groups, including individuals and families with special needs. All of our trips are led by a professional hiking guide with local ecologoical and geological knowlegde, maps, first aid training and kit, water, fields guides, Leave No Trace instruction, and other required gear.
All trips include snacks and water to ensure that you stay healthy and hydrated in our high altitude terrain. Full-day trips include lunches. If you want to add lunches to half-day trips, it's $5 per lunch. All trips include a free photo CD of your adventure.
We start all trips at our store, generally between 7 and 8 am in the morning, but we will try to accomodate your needs for other start times if we can. Half-day trips end at 12:30 pm. Full-day trips return to The Sportsman at 5 pm. We can pick-up and drop-off at your location if you are staying in Lake City or somewhere along the hiking route.
Hiking guide fees do not include guide gratuity (which is discretionary), but it averages about 25 percent. Group rates vary, so contact us for more information.
Guided Hiking Information and Fees
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Reservations and Cancellations
Walk-ins are accepted, but reservations are suggested, especially during our summer season ... June, July and August. Call us at 970-944-2526 or email us at info@lakecitysportsman.com.
We require credit cards for reservations and immediately charge you for 50 percent of the hiking trip. The other 50 percent is charged immediately after the trip. Shuttles are fully charged at reservation.
Cancel at least 14 days in advance and your fee is fully refunded. After that, the 50 percent up-front charge is not refunded. If you do not show up for your tour and do not communicate with our staff, no refund is provided.
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The Sportsman offers many hiking routes from which you can choose. Typcially when you contact us, we'll interview you about what you want to see and do. We'll then take a look at the ability levels of the members of your party and suggest routes. We can then review the game plan together.
Here are some of the routes that we offer for guided hiking trips:
- Baldy Cinco via Rough
- Creek/Skyline/Spring Creek Trails
- Bent Peak via Wager Gulch
- Brush Creek Trail
- Camp Trail
- Cannibal Plateau via Cannibal Plateau Trail
- Cooper Creek Trail
- Coxcomb Peak via Middle Canyon Trail
- Crystal/Larson Trail Loop
- Cuba Gulch Trail
- Devils Lake/Calf Creek Plateau via Devils Creek/N. Calf Creek/Calf Creek Trails
- Half Peak via Cataract Lake Trail
- Jones Mountain via Cottonwood/Snare Creek Trail
- Little Elk Trail
- Matterhorn Peak via Matterhorn Trail
- Rambouillet Park via Sawmill/Camp Trail
- Red Mountain Trail
- Skunk Creek Trail
- Waterdog Trail
- Williams Creek/Alpine Gulch Trail
Available Routes
Full-Day Fees
- Adults are $95/person (2 person minimum)
- Single adults are $125 full-day
- Children under 18 are half price ($42.50/child)
- Children riding in parent's backpack are free
- Photo CD of trip is free
Half-Day Fees
- Adults are $50/person (2 person minimum)
- Single adults are $75/person
- Children under 18 are half price ($25.00/child)
- Children riding in parent's backpack are free
- Photo CD of trip is free
Charlie Kolb
I grew-up southwest of Lake City in Durango, Colorado and spent much of my time in the surrounding mountains and deserts. My Bachelors degree is in Environmental Biology and I have a deep appreciation for the natural world. As a part time resident of Lake City, it has become a favorite area of mine with some truly spectacular scenary and amazing flora and fauna. My family and I have enjoyed many days of hiking and exploring in the area. For the past two summers, I have worked as a Ranger in Mesa Verde and Yellowstone National Parks. I am an Eagle Scout and also certified as a Wilderness First Responder (a ten day course in first-aid and backcountry medicine). It's going to be a great summer up here in the mountains. Let's go hiking!
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All prices subject to change without notice.
Shuttle Information and Fees
If you prefer to hike on your own, but need a ride to the trail head, The Sportsman offers shuttle service for you and your gear to any local trail head. Shuttles start at our store at a time designated when you reserve the shuttle. We try to take walk-ins when possible, but cannot guarantee a ride without a reservation.
Shuttle fee is $40 per car load paid at the time of reservation. Keep in mind we will not fill a car to over-capacity. We have big cars though, so more than likely you and your group will fill one vehicle. Drivers always appreciate a gratuity, which averages about 20 percent.
