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The Lariat Loop National Scenic and Historic Byway is a National Scenic Byway and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.The byway is a 40-mile (64 km) loop in the Front Range foothills west of Denver through Golden, Lookout Mountain Park, Genesee Park, Evergreen, Morrison, Red Rocks Park, and Dinosaur Ridge.
Gudrun "Gudy" Gaskill (1927 – July 14, 2016) [1] [2] was an American mountaineer who is regarded as the driving force behind the creation of the Colorado Trail, a 567-mile (912 km) hiking, biking, and horseback riding path between Denver and Durango, Colorado. Beginning in the 1970s, she helped plan out the route, solicited donations, and ...
It crosses the Continental Divide of the Americas twice, through the Kicking Horse Pass between Lake Louise and Golden, and the Vermilion Pass between Radium Hot Springs and Lake Louise. The Triangle can be "extended" by riding to Jasper on the Icefields Parkway from Lake Louise. At its highest points the trail reaches elevations of 1,640 ...
The gulch passes through Lakewood from west to east before entering the Denver neighborhoods of Sun Valley and Villa Park. It contains a part of the route of the (current) heritage streetcar Platte Valley Trolley and the Denver sections of the creek have an adjacent bike path. According to the Jefferson County Colorado Place Names Directory ...
Designated a National Landmark Trail, it is a popular destination for Denver's outdoor enthusiasts and is open all year to hikers, bikers, joggers, and (along some segments) equestrians. The High Line Canal Trail is shaded for much of its length by mature cottonwood trees, and the surface of the pathway ranges from hard-packed dirt to concrete.
It parallels I-70, mostly as a frontage road, until the intersection with former State Highway 26 (SH 26) to the south of Golden [2] [3] US 40 westbound concurrent with I-70 BL and US 287 on Colfax Avenue in Denver. Beginning in Golden, US 40 becomes Colfax Avenue, the main east–west thoroughfare through the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area ...
The Colorado Trail is an established, marked, and mostly non-motorized trail open to hikers, horse riders, and bicyclists. From the eastern terminus at Waterton Canyon, southwest of Denver, the trail winds its way for 486 miles (782 km) through the state's most mountainous regions, ending about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Durango.
In 1955, Jefferson County announced plans for a four-lane freeway between US 6 in Golden and the Valley Highway in Denver, approximately following West 44th Avenue from Golden to Mount Olivet Cemetery and West 48th Avenue to the Valley Highway, [4] which the Golden Chamber of Commerce endorsed as beneficial to the city's economy and traffic conditions. [5]