Outdoor & Adventure · hiking trail / geologic park
Red Rocks Park & Trading Post Trail
$ · Denver, Colorado
Basecamp truth: the amphitheatre gets the fame, but the free Trading Post Trail is the hike locals actually walk. A 1.4-mile loop threads the 300-million-year-old Fountain and Lyons formations — those tilted crimson slabs — right below the stage. At 6,400 ft the sun bites, so I send folks out early
Try: The 1.4-mile Trading Post Trail loop weaving between the towering red-rock fins