I know that there are trail heads all up and down the poudre canyon. I dont know where you are thinking about going cause it is kinda long, but the 1st trail head is something gulch and it is on the north side of the river. It looked pretty but I am sure that anywhere you go up there will be nice.

I just found this book:

www.resourceanalysis.com/books...1.html

which covers campgrounds in the Poudre Canyon and Red Feather Lakes areas. I ordered a copy so I don't know yet if it includes any description of trails.

I spent yesterday and today driving through the area to check out camp grounds and trail heads, and that was useful. Some camp sites are way better than others, and I discovered that for some trails you have to park in a "fee area" to get to them, so you might as well plan to be there most of the day.

What I'd like is more info on what the trails are actually like, how long they are, how much elevation change, etc., as well as a map of each, so I can pick the kind of trails that suit what I'm looking for that day. The site that lists the book above also contains trail info, but you have to know the name of the trail in order to find it on the site, which seems kind of silly (I'd rather see them listed by geographic region).

Next time I go up there I'll stop at one of the visitor's centers to see what they have, because even my topo maps don't include every trail I passed while driving around.

Not surprisingly, the campgrounds along Hwy 14 were fairly fully, esp. heading towards Fort Collins, but the campgrounds in the Pinegree Park area were nearly deserted and much more peaceful (although further from the wonderful sound of the Poudre River rushing along).