Queer Hiking 2026

About Queer Hiking 2026

Queer Hiking at Denver Pride 2026 hits the trail on Sunday, June 14, a full-day mountain escape run with Mile High Queer Club that pairs alpine air with an after-party in the city. The charter bus pulls out of Denver at 8am sharp, so plan to roll up early with coffee in hand. You will hike from roughly 9am to noon, then load back up for a brewery happy hour from 1 to 3pm before the bus returns you home. The destination is Staunton State Park, the granite-walled gem tucked above Pine about 40 minutes west of the metro off US-285. It is one of Colorado's newer state parks and one of its prettiest, with meadow trails, rock spires, and route options for a range of paces, so you do not need to be a peak-bagger to belong here. Expect a friendly, outdoorsy crowd that skews more trailhead-and-trail-mix than glitter-and-glow, the kind of low-key community day that makes Denver Pride feel like more than a single weekend. The big perk here is the logistics. The $15 ticket covers round-trip charter transport, so there is no wrangling carpools, no scrambling for the park's limited day-use parking lot, and no designated-driver math before happy hour. Just grab your spot and show up. One local tip from someone who hikes these foothills, June mornings start cool and the sun gets fierce by noon at 8,000-plus feet, so layer up, pack sunscreen and a full water bottle, and break in your boots before the day. Tickets are limited and these community hikes fill fast.