North Cheyenne Loop.
I did a Loop in North Cheyenne Cañon Park on Sunday. 15.5 miles I'm not sure exactly how you would compute the elevation gain but I started at Helen Hunt Falls
Red Dot and hiked up to Mount Muscoco (1500 feet) then I went down to Mount Cutler and back down to the road(830 feet decent). Then I crossed the road and got on the Creekside Trail and took the mid Columbine Trail back to Helena Falls. According to the map from the road to the top of the mid Columbine Trail is 1600 ft and then I walked back down to my car at Helen Hunt Falls. I don't know how you would compute the elevation game but it took 8 hours and kicked my ass.
So I started at the Red Dot, I took the gold colored Trail Bruin up to where it meets the Black colored Trail (Blue Dot). Then they took the black colored Trail to where it meets the red and white polka dotted Trail and walked to the 1. I walked from the one to the 4 on the black dotted Trail. (The black dots supposedly signify that it's not an official Trail but it certainly appears to be maintained to me). Once I got to the four I took the maroon colored Trail over the shoulder of Mount musco and down where it meets the green trail. I turned right and walked on the green trail to the top of Mount Cutler (number 2).
From the top of Mount Cutler I walked down to the yellow Dot, across the creek and I took the black dotted Trail to right under the
C in Mid Columbine on the blue and white polka dot Trail.
So they took the blue and white polka dotted Trail all the way back to the Bruin Picnic area and walked the last 100 yards or so on the road.
I would like to point out that I did all that and never left the city park. Colorado gets a lot of things wrong but Parks and Rec is not one of them.
And here are some random photos that I took
Compliance Shot Buck 110, Glock 19, Stick and Stylish Tilley Hat.
This was coming Down Mount Muscoco. I put this picture here because that's where I happen to take my compliance shot
This is where I started. I parked at the head of that staircase walked down it, crossed the bridge and got on Bruin.
I took this picture right where the Broom Trail meets the Daniel's Pass Trail. The Red Dot is where I started.
This is looking West From Daniel's Pass to North Cheyenne Cañon.
I didn't take this picture on this hike but this is standing on top of that Granite wall looking East towards Daniel's Pass.
This was standing on kind of the north side of Mount Cutler looking at Cheyenne Mountain.
This is actually looking back from where I took the compliance shot at Mount Muscoco.
This is standing on Mount Cutler looking Southwest Down Sweetwater Canyon.
Part Two next post
) I suspect it realize I was going to be on the tractor most of the day and it didn't want to get all dusty again. So I drug out my old war horse. A 1916 Webley Mark VI. After finishing the plowing and planting of our last three food plots I went for a short walk and did some metal detecting. Didn't fine anything but a few more really old shotgun shell bases but it was a nice evening for a walk.
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