Hiking – Roxborough State Park

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Let's meet at the parking lot closest to the Visitor's Center (furthest west) in Roxborough State Park at 9:30 am.  Please remember the state park fees are $10 per vehicle.   We'll hike from the Visitor's Center on the Willow Creek Trail and ascend up  Carpenter Peak via the Carpenter Peak Trail. Beautiful views of rock formations and the Eastern Plains will abound.  After lunch/snack break we'll then descend to the Powerline Trail and follow it south, later ascending through the valley on the western boundary of the park.  We'll then turn east and north following the Elk Valley Trail back to the Carpenter Peak Trail.  We'll  return to the Visitor's Center via the Carpenter Peak and Willow Creek Trails.  This loop is approximately 8.17 miles long.

Please bring your ten essentials including ample food (lunch) and water (at least 2 liters) along with warm layers.  If snowy or icy conditions occur, you may need to bring ice walkers/microspikes and  possibly snowshoes.

Please note:  If  heavy snow conditions occur, we may shorten the hike/snowshoe to a 6 mile out and back hike of Carpenter Peak.  Snowshoes will then be required for heavy snow conditions.

Please contact me at 7195106699 or sheindk@yahoo.com, should you have questions or if you wish to carpool with me.

Should you wish to carpool, I can carry 3 or possibly 4 other participants.  I can meet you at the Woodmen Park 'n' Ride in Colorado Springs off of I-25 and Woodmen Road at 8:30 am sharp.  Please do contact me no later than 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 7th at 7195106699 or sheindk@yahoo.com for carpooling.

Driving directions from Colorado Springs:  Take I-25 north to Castle Rock and take exit 185 in Castle Rock.  Turn left at the light going east on Castle Rock Parkway.  Go east for two lights and turn right or north onto Hwy. US 85N/Santa Fe Drive.  Drive north on US 85 N for approximately 17-18 miles to W. Titan Road.  Exit Hwy. US 85 N and turn left/west onto W. Titan Road.  Stay on W. Titan Road for approximately 3-4 miles.  Turn left/south onto N. Rampart Range Road continuing on this road for another 3.8 miles or so.  (You'll pass the Safeway Shopping Center on your right.)  Turn left at the Foothills Treatment Plant onto Roxborough Drive and veer right/south heading into Roxborough State Park. Follow this road south and then  due west until you arrive at one of two parking lots on the north side of the road.  I'll be at the westernmost parking lot nearest the Visitor Center.