With gusts up to 60 mph forecasted for the high country, Helen and I decided to visit another one of the Jefferson County Open Space parks. Mount Falcon Park was right next to Red Rocks and Mount Morrison where we’d hiked a few weeks ago.
It was a warm and sunny day with plenty of wild flowers out, including this spring beauty – one of my favorites that I’d come to know from hiking in Indiana.
Our route was a moderate 10.9 miles taking in the Turkey Trot, Castle, Meadow, Tower, Old Ute, Devil’s Elbow, Two Dogs and Walker’s Dream trails. Since it was such a nice day, there were plenty of other hikers and mountain bikers out. Mount Falcon’s 7,851 foot summit was our highest elevation today, plenty easy after climbing Mount Whitney a few days ago. However, we still weren’t recovered from that effort and could feel our legs protest on the uphills. Toward the end of the day we found this shaded bench with nice views:
The day had really warmed up by the time we finished and Torrey finally settled down in the car with the AC blasting on the ride home.
