Trapper's Trail

Historical trails of Colorado

Trails
Cherokee Trail Goodnight–Loving Trail Old Spanish Trail Overland Trail Santa Fe Trail Smoky Hill Trail South Platte Trail Taos Mountain Trail Trapper's Trail Ute Pass Wagon Road
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The Trapper's Trail or Trappers' Trail is a north-south path along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains that links the Great Platte River Road at Fort Laramie and the Santa Fe Trail at Bent's Old Fort. Along this path there were a number of trading posts, also called trading forts.^[1]