Explore the traces left by Brontosaurus and Allosaurus, left behind as they walked along the muddy shoreline of an ancient shallow lake 150 million years ago. Today visitors to Picketwire Canyonlands can see these footprints in the Morrison rock formation.
Branson. Branson is located on the plains of eastern Las Animas County.
Antelope Hills Golf Course (Bennett) Opened in 2002 as part of an upscale housing development 30 miles east of Denver, the 7,315-yard Dick Phelps design was literally too hard; a long-drive contest that year produced a 510-yard winner. By 2007, deer and antelope were the only players there.
Measuring 3,410 yards from the Burgundy tees, the Mark Rathert layout along Fountain Creek opened in 1999 and closed 10 years later.
Located near Barr Lake State Park, the fun, funky 6,909-yard layout wrapped around its namesake creek. It opened with nine holes in 1998 and closed with 18 in 2012, gaining notice for an emu pen on its 15th hole and power lines crossing above at least three fairways.
Gleneagle Golf Club (Colorado Springs) Forty years after opening in 1973, the 7,276-yard Frank Hummel layout in the Gleneagle community closed, as its out-of-state owners cited year-over-year loss of money. A developer bought the 130-acre property, building on 35 acres and giving the rest to the civic association.
A stellar Jack Nicklaus Signature layout featuring views of the Sangre de Cristos, Spanish Peaks and Fisher’s Peak, the 7,669-yard resort course with black-sand bunkers and photogenic holes earned wide acclaim when it opened in 2007. By 2010, it had filed for bankruptcy. It closed for good in 2012.
The Broadmoor Mountain Course (Colorado Springs) After closing the 1976 Arnold Palmer/ Ed Seay-designed South Course in 2001 when it started sliding down Cheyenne Mountain, the resort fortified the site and hired Jack Nicklaus to design the glorious Mountain Course.
But it doesn’t look as though Park Hill Golf Club—which opened in 1931 , annually staged the Park Hill Invitational and welcomed the likes of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Smiley Quick, Babe Lind, Babe Zaharias, Rocky Marciano and millions to its fairways—will see any more golfers. If that’s the case, Park Hill will follow the fates of Green Gables, ...
The Great Dikes were formed about the same time as the Spanish Peaks, Mt. Mestas and Silver Mountain. At the time these formations were formed, they were located several miles underground below many layers of sedimentary rock. Over time, as the ground rose and the softer rock was eroded away, these igneous intrusions were exposed.
Apishapa Arch cuts through one of the Great Dikes on the county road between Aguilar and Cordova Pass.
The third set crosses the landscape in a roughly N80E direction. The dikes in this third set are roughly parallel to one another and are among the longest of the dikes. Apishapa Arch cuts through one of the Great Dikes on the county road between Aguilar and Cordova Pass.
Monument Lake is located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on Highway 12, 37 miles west of Trinidad.
Cuchara. Cuchara, Colorado is situated on the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the heart of the Cucharas River Valley.
When the mountain building process began and the area began to rise, these deposits emerged from the water as Sedimentary Rock .
Between 30 and 25 million years ago, pressures and stresses built up by continental drift movements caused cracks to form in the sedimentary formations. Molten rock from the mantle beneath the Earth's crust began to surge upward into the lower areas of the cracked formations about 25 million years ago. When the magma cooled and hardened beneath the Earth's surface it formed huge horizontal "Batholiths" of granite. Smaller batholiths are called "Stocks", which is what forms the Spanish Peaks. Several miles of sedimentary rock covered the Spanish Peaks stocks. Over the last 25 million years, uplifts and folds have raised the surface of the land. The elements have eroded away the softer overlying sedimentary rocks and exposed the underlying hard, igneous stocks of the Spanish Peaks. While the surrounding area is marked by many lava flows and volcanic mountains (some of which have been active as recently as 10,000 years ago), the Spanish Peaks are not extinct volcanoes.
The Spanish Peaks have captured the imaginations of travelers for hundreds of years. This souvenir, published in 1916, is a typical tourist promotion of the day. Photo courtesy of Trinidad Graphics. Presented By. Colorado Land Properties LLC. "Authentic Land, Authentic People".
The Colorado Trail is jointly administered by the Colorado Trail Foundation and the US Forest Service.
Parts of the following Wilderness Areas are in the San Isabel National Forest: Two long-distance hiking trails of national importance pass through the San Isabel National Forest: the Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. The Colorado Trail is a 469 mile trail between Denver and Durango.
The trail traverses a variety of terrain, including high desert, forests, geologic formations, and mountain meadows. Along the way travelers can catch glimpses of a variety of historical, cultural and scenic landscapes, as well as abundant wildlife.
Numerous side trails connect these two trails with campgrounds, trailheads and local communities along the way. The Colorado Trail is open to hikers, horseback riders and cross-country skiers. Mountain bikes are currently permitted on the non-Wilderness segments of the trail.