After a few weeks of some variable weather that included a foot of snow or two, the Front Range was bestowed with some splendid, sunny weather. Zoe, a couple of friends and I took advantage of the warm rays and headed down to Castle Rock. We headed down to Castlewood Canyon State Park, a day-use park within the Colorado State Park system. With day-use as a priority, the park has no campsites, but boasts around 50 picnicking sites.
While certainly not a backcountry destination, Castlewood Canyon is perfect for several tryps of activities including trail running, birdwatching, picnicking, and rock-climbing. The park's vicinity to Denver and Colorado Springs is perfect for groups of climbers looking to socialize.
This ecological region is particularily unique because it sits right between the mountains of the Front Range and the plains grasslands of Eastern Colorado. Those zones meet here, along the Palmer Divide, a peninsula that divides the drainage basins of the Arkansas and Missouri Rivers.
While certainly not a backcountry destination, Castlewood Canyon is perfect for several tryps of activities including trail running, birdwatching, picnicking, and rock-climbing. The park's vicinity to Denver and Colorado Springs is perfect for groups of climbers looking to socialize.
This ecological region is particularily unique because it sits right between the mountains of the Front Range and the plains grasslands of Eastern Colorado. Those zones meet here, along the Palmer Divide, a peninsula that divides the drainage basins of the Arkansas and Missouri Rivers.
