If you’re exploring Denver for the first time, people probably will urge you to visit the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which some regard as the world’s greatest concert venue because of the way it was built between two enormous red sandstone rock formations. If you’re headed there, you may want to include a hike at Matthews/Winters, which is just to the north of Red Rocks near the Morrison exit on Interstate 70.
We like this hike because it takes you up to a large shelf on the eastern flank of a 7,600-foot mountain. And if you go all the way to the southern edge of the shelf — about 2 miles from the trailhead — you can look down on Red Rocks just to the south. There are also great views of Dinosaur Ridge across the valley to the east.
The trailhead is at 6,330 feet and the hike tops out at 6,750 feet. To reach the view of Red Rocks on the shelf, take the Village Walk trail to the Red Rocks trail. After hiking about 0.8 of a mile, there will be a junction with the Cherry Gulch trail. Take that trail, which crosses a creek with dense vegetation on both sides of the trail. That trail will emerge into more open terrain and connect with the Morrison Slide trail, a rocky path with a series of switchbacks.
Interesting, Denver Post this fine Sunday morning has no mention on the web landing page of the massacre in Buffalo yesterday, but lots of commentary about sports. That's real news.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: denverwestword - 🏆 315. / 61 Read more »
Source: denverwestword - 🏆 315. / 61 Read more »
Source: denverpost - 🏆 13. / 72 Read more »
Source: denverwestword - 🏆 315. / 61 Read more »
Source: CBSDenver - 🏆 612. / 51 Read more »
Source: HuffPostWomen - 🏆 27. / 68 Read more »