ジェファーソン郡周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

…最もリラックスできる場所です！

From here you have a beautiful view of the Denver skyline.

Wrangler’s Run is a run! This trail blasts 😎

… its not a lie … threre is lots of wildlife in the Waterton Canyon … watch out for Bighorn Sheep, Mouse, Beavers … and mind the rules!

The "Waterton Canyon Recreation Area" trailhead sign here marks the Colorado Trail's Northern Terminus. It's a photo opportunity for thru-hikers continuing all the way south to Durango, a journey that stretches almost 500 miles.

This is the trail head for segment 1 of the Colorado Trail. There is a vault toilet and parking at the trail head.

The Rawhide trail remains a wide packed dirt path all the way from the trailhead to a little ways after the Sourdough Springs Campground. Wrangler's Run, on the other hand, is a much narrower singletrack which runs east along the creek to where it meets the Rawhide trail again (there both are singletrack).

Just off Rawhide Trail in an open meadow lies an abandoned barn. In 1865, James and Mary Bond were headed to California. They settled on this land after their young son was killed under the wheels of their wagon. Their home still stands within the park. In 1913, Paul and Anna Lee White bought a portion of the land and began acquiring additional properties for a cattle ranch that they operated on it until 1969 when Paul died. In 1974 Anna entered into a purchase and gift agreement to transfer ownership to Jefferson County Open Space. In 2002, the adjacent Weidner property, consisting of 266 fee acres and 619 acres under a conservation easement, were added to White Ranch. This created a connection from White Ranch to the Golden Gate State Park.