Round Trip Distance: 3 - 4.75 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 4560-5135 feet
Cellphone: 3-5 bars
Time: 3 hrs. 25 mins.
Trailhead: Kodel's Canyon
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic canyon, bighorn sheep
Kodel's Canyon is the first major canyon west of the West Entrance to the Colorado National Monument. It is named after an old prospector hermit that once had a cabin in the mouth of the canyon. He dug the mine mentioned in this post and worked the claim for probably at least 30 years until around 1930. The Kodel's Canyon trail by itself is a 3 mile round trip hike but after adding in the distance from the Kodel's Canyon trailhead and back it comes out to 4.75 miles round trip.
