Hiking with a pistol in your backpack?

[DocMedic]

I was wondering if its legal for me to have a pistol in my backpack, while i'm hiking on the trails. I'm not a CCW holder. 'yet'. But I don't want to be in volation of any colorado laws.

[Cameron]

Why not open carry it in a holster?

Cameron

[GunTroll]

pistol in backpack = worthless!

pistol on hip = protection!

[Roger]

Its simple. If you are carrying it, and I can't see it, or can't tell what it is, then its concealed and you need a permit.

[Cameron]

Its simple. If you are carrying it, and I can't see it, or can't tell what it is, then its concealed and you need a permit.

Actually it is not quite that simple. If you are "transporting" an unloaded firearm in a locked container in your luggage you do not need a permit. If you are traveling via a "private means on conveyance" and you have the pistol "for protection while traveling" you don't need a permit...

If only the law was clear and simple...

Cameron

[Graves]

If you are traveling via a "private means on conveyance" and you have the pistol "for protection while traveling" you don't need a permit...

I thought Denver somehow had a different outlook on this?