On the way down the slope we topped off the great day with a stop at Devil’s Backbone in Loveland for a quick hike. Brochure Brochure (Spanish) Trail Map Entrance. This directional loop travels along the Wild trail and. Full-day Tours from 250.00 per adult (price varies by group size) Acrylic Pour Painting Class in Estes Park, Colorado 22 Painting Classes from 45.00 per adult Discover Rocky Mountain National Park from Denver or Boulder 1,209 Recommended Full-day Tours from 172. The Devil’s Causeway itself is a narrow ridge of running between the drainage of the William Fork River and the White River. Estes Park is interesting because unlike other Colorado mountain cities, the only attraction is the beauty of the place as opposed to ski lifts and the like. Devils Backbone Open Space is open from sunrise to sunset and is located west of Loveland, Colorado. A suggested (not mandatory) one-way loop to experience the best of Devils Backbone Open Space. We then enjoyed spending time with our friends at the reception.Īfterward, we walked around Estes a bit and hiked a small while at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. Located near Loveland, the Devil’s Backbone is two miles of unique Dakota sandstone that rises a whopping 200 feet over the surrounding plains. The wedding was at beautiful Mary’s Lake Lodge in Estes on a bright, sunny, if a little windy of a day. My car did ok, but it had a major miss and we had to stop various times on the way up and down the mountain. The Corvette used to be the best car to take up the mountains because it has the most horsepower and torque of any of the three, but since he has sold it, we were left with the Honda or Olds choices. This is a popular trail for mountain biking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. Elevation is interpolation of spot elevation and next higher contour.
Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 6 h 0 min to complete. Notes: This contour is higher than spot elevation 5426 to the north. We took my old ’89 Oldsmobile car because Britton’s ’98 Honda is less reliable than my car to make it up the steep grade ( as we found out last year). The Colorado Trail Explorer online map and its underlying geospatial data are intended to depict physical features as they generally appear on the ground and are not intended to be used to determine title, ownership, legal boundaries, legal jurisdiction (including jurisdiction over roads or trails), or access restrictions that may be in place. Enjoy this 12.50 mile, loop trail near Loveland, Colorado. Covering almost the entirety of Devil’s Backbone, this route traverses several loops and ranges from easy flowing trails to technical challenges over rocky terrain. This weekend we went to a wedding of our good friends Shana and Rick in Estes Park, Colorado. In the Colorado Rocky Mountains this weekend One thing we will miss when we move to Puerto Rico is summer in Colorado and the ability to go to the Rocky Mountains in less than one hour from our house in Greeley.
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