There are hiking trails, and then there are hiking trails that used to be railroads hauling silver ore through the Rocky Mountains, and those two categories are not even close to the same thing.
The Switzerland Trail in Roosevelt National Forest near Boulder falls firmly into the second category, and it’s one of the most genuinely fascinating places you can put your hiking boots in the entire state of Colorado.
This isn’t just a pretty walk through the woods, though it absolutely is that too.
It’s a journey along a historic narrow-gauge railroad corridor that once connected the mining towns of Ward and Sunset to Boulder, and walking it today feels like reading a chapter of Colorado history with your feet…