Reblogged on Denverspeax.com – this hike looks perfect for us! We need to get back into hiking this season and feel this would be a great start. Nice post from Hiking to Healthy!
Zorro Trail> Dakota Ridge Trail> Village Walk>Red Rocks Trail> Morrison Slide> Red Rocks Trail> Dakota Ridge> Zorro Trail
Starting elevation: 6055 ft
Highest Elevation: 6800ft ( total Elevation gain was around 1600 ft)
Trail Length: Approximately 9 miles, it took us 4 hours to do the whole hike
Trail Uses: Some sections are hiking & horses only, most are hiker, biker & horses
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate-mostly because of length
Fees: None
Bathrooms: At the parking lot of both Green Mountain and Matthews/Winters Park parking lots
Pets: Yes – On Leash
At 5PM on Friday I found our hike for the weekend, it didn’t give me the climbing I wanted for the but it did give us some good mileage plus we had never done this one, extra bonus. I had wanted to do this one for over a year, but I had written across the map “lots of snakes…
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I love the idea behind your blog! Thanks for the reblog and helping me find you guys! Hopefully we will cross paths on the trail some day!