I’m surprised Longs Peak isn’t on your more dangerous list. I‘ve hiked it 4 times in the last 3 years, and every time I’ve been overly satisfied with the amount of difficulty and danger on the hike.

Here is a list for hikes in/near Aspen :

- maroon bells

- Four pass loop (est. multi-day)

- hunter creek loop

- sunnyside trail (6 h 10 min, 10.8 miles)

- Ute trail (est. 5 hours)

- rio grande trail

- crater lake trail (est. 2 hours)

- conundrum creek trail (est. 10 hours)

- American lake trail (est. 4 hours)

- The Grottos trail (est. 20 min)

- Maroon Peak Trail (est. 8 hours)

- lost man trail (est. 5 hours)

- Grizzly lake trail (est. 5 hours)

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Also, I’m not sure if these are on your list, but I definitely recommend them :

sky pond via glacier gorge trail (8.5 miles, est. 4 h 24 min, hard)

- emerald lake trail (3.3 miles, est. 1 h 20 min, moderate)

- hanging lake trail (3 miles, est. 2 h, moderate)

I hope this helps!