Great hike close to Denver. It’s a beautiful shaded trail and a fairly easy hike, which makes it popular. A nice loop with water most of the way, except the cliff loop. The cliff loop had lots of wild flowers to make up for it though. It would have been a 5 star hike for me, if not for all the dog poop bags. We picked up lots of trash along our way, but there were bags of dog poop everywhere. Gross people — pack it out! If you can’t respect our trails, DON’T USETHEM!
Nalz C.
Tu valoración: 4 Littleton, CO
Great hike! Beautiful scenery! My dog loved it too~~ its not an easy trail, so people passing called her a trooper since she is a miniature pinscher and was trotting along the whole thing. Only downside is there are no bathrooms, not even anything near. So make sure to go before you get thhere. And no trashcans, so take your trash with you. When we were done with our hike, cars were parked in the lot, overflow lot, and up and down the highway! It gets crowded
Liz K.
Tu valoración: 5 Aurora, CO
Went in mid-June, early on a Sunday morning. If you do the full five mile loop there is a good amount of elevation change, but it is rolling not all uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back. If you add in the cliff loop, you get a wide variety of scenery. It seems like a great hike to bring your dog, plenty of access to the stream for a little romp! I would definitely recommend going early. We got there around 8:15, and there were 5 other cars in the parking lot. When we got back around noon, both sides of the road where full for ½ a mile!
Emily Z.
Tu valoración: 4 Conifer, CO
This is a nice simple hike from the trailhead down to the falls. Haven’t done the Cliff Loop yet. Only downside is it can get really busy with hikers, kids and dogs on the weekends.
Darika S.
Tu valoración: 5 Denver, CO
Hiked when it was about 50 degrees in early November. There wasn’t any snow in Denver but on this trail there was a few inches. The trail is pretty well marked, but be careful, it was pretty icy. My dogs were fine, some older or smaller dogs might have issues climbing on some rocks. It’s very shady, different terrains, and uphill for awhile. Children would be fine on this trail. I really enjoyed this trail. It wasn’t too busy on a saturday, there is some parking. No trash or bathrooms here. Bring snacks and lots of water.
Nicole W.
Tu valoración: 4 Denver, CO
Yeah for hiking close to denver! As mentioned, shaded for most of it. IF you start from the lower trail head it’s a good up and down hike. It can be tricky to see the falls — pay attention when the mileage gets close! Lots of people and dogs. Lots of small children that just end up whining that it is too far! Tiny parking lot, tiny over flow parking, and parking on the side of the road leave you on a blind corner. So be careful! It was a fun hike, but go early, stay hydrated. FYI — there are no trashcans at the trail head, so pack it in, and pack it back out to your car — including dog poop! :)
BlaundNordic V.
Tu valoración: 5 Tyler, TX
If it’s a sunny, hot day, the shaded hike is perfect… Over 2 miles of up and half a mile down and then up again, 3.4 miles total to climb down into the falls… Ya really need to climb down in to get to the falls, and cuz of the Monsoon the week before, the water is flowing immensely… If coming from upper trail, much shorter but many more ppl even for a weekday like this, lower trail had all of 2 ppl besides us… After hitting the top of the falls which includes ½ of the Upper Trailhead, we grabbed the loop that starts with a C and wrapped it back down to the bridge where you’ll see it connect at the Lower Trailhead… All in all, 9.7 miles, and the pups loved every bit of it… BTW those with kids, the yelling at the falls DOES disturb the peace, the bristling of the leaves and the tranquility of the mountainside with rushing waters…
