There are so many places to go hiking throughout Colorado Springs. I’ve made it a point to get the kids out and about 3-4 times per week this summer. The City of Colorado Springs parks and recreation website has a great listing of area parks, which is the best starting point when planning your day.
The boys would often get tired after these hikes. Jacob has recently revealed that he can’t stand “desert walks”, which we encountered on most of these hikes. We’d quickly go from aspen-kissed creek beds to sandy junipers and pear cactus. I had found a couple memes to make fun of these hikes. Here’s one that sums up Jacob attitude about the more desolate parts of our hikes…and here’s one that sums up the bike ride we took last week (which I don’t have any pictures of, and it was quite traumatic for all…so we’ll pretend that it didn’t happen).
Enjoy some photos from some of the hikes we’ve done lately….
Pulpit Rock Open Space, near downtown Colorado Springs
Pulpit Rock is in the middle of Colorado Springs. We took a short walk around the base of the rock, but it was storming around us. We didn’t last long.
The Falcon Trail goes around the perimeter of USAFA. The western edge of the trail takes you pretty high above the campus. We hopped on at the southwest corner of the trail and traveled about 2.2 miles out, then 2.2 miles back.
These are the views you can enjoy on the Falcon Trail.
Running down the hill…
I found it so hard to believe that this park in the middle of the Colorado Springs suburbs! You can walk to parts of the park that show NO signs of civilization nearby.
We went with my friend Paige. Her sons were at zoo camp…
There are these hoodoos all over the place.
North Cheyenne Canon Park, Colorado Springs
This park is close to Cheyenne Mountain and the Broadmoor…south of downtown Colorado Springs.
Peering into a creek.
We lost our way off the trail and had to cross the creek to get back on the trail. Oops…
The kids were pretty tired by this point. We were just about to turn around, but not without admiring the view.
Suddenly, the kids were full of energy when we said “Would you like to play on the big rocks?”
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