Hiking Waterfalls in Colorado: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes
Susan Joy Paul
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 0762780797
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Creek Bottom Trail, keeping the creek to your right. Pass the Dam Ruins and reach a fence directly above the falls. Continue past this point and look below and behind you, to the right, for the best view of “Cherry Creek Falls.” Castlewood Canyon is a popular rock climbing site, so if you visit in the summer months you may see climbers scaling the conglomerate walls. Keep to the trail though, and out of the brush; there are rattlesnakes here and poison ivy too. If you choose the Inner Canyon
Begin at the trailhead. Arrive at the base of Dorothy Falls (GPS: N38 53.911’ / W104 53.71’). Return the way you came. Alternatively, continue up the trail to the top of the falls, punchbowls, and a short hike deeper into the canyon. 1.6 Arrive back at the trailhead. 0.0 0.8 Hike 28 Dorothy Falls HK_Waterflls_CO_4pp_CS55.indd 113 113 5/10/13 11:00 AM 29 “Williams Canyon Falls” Williams Canyon Creek flows south from the Rampart Range and trickles into Williams Canyon as tiered falls and
the parking area (GPS: N38 51.853’ / W105 07.428’). The Hike This hike is on a section of the Ring the Peak Trail, a 57-mile under-construction system of trails that circumnavigates Pikes Peak. From the trailhead, follow the green trail markers that denote a counterclockwise direction on the Ring the Peak trail system.There are many campsites and social trails along the way, so take care to watch for these markers and stay on the right path. After reaching a hard switchback to the left near the
TO DATE Every effort has been made by the author and editors to make this guide as accurate and useful as possible. However, many things can change after a guide is published—trails are rerouted, regulations change, techniques evolve, facilities come under new management, and so on. We would appreciate hearing from you concerning your experiences with this guide and how you feel it could be improved and kept up to date. While we may not be able to respond to all comments and suggestions, we’ll
Although the science is new, the effects of negative ions are indisputable: A hike to a waterfall will leave you feeling happier, healthier, and more refreshed than just about anything you can imagine. City-bound followers of ion science often put man-made waterfalls in their homes and backyards to sate their “shui” and cheer their “qi,” but for those of us in Colorado, these spirit-lifting wonders are just a walk away. Colorado Waterfall Sources and Types Colorado is famously known as the Rocky