Trails with a Use of inline skating

St. Vrain Greenway Trail

St. Vrain Greenway trail sign

St. Vrain Greenway Trail is a great venue for nearly all personal transportation vehicles and has plenty of fun distractions along its course. The best place to start your sojourn is at the Sandstone Ranch east of Longmont just off highway 119 near the intersection of Fairvew Street. If you want to use an alternative …

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Ralston Creek Trail

Cement trail meanders through wildflowers.

As Ralston Creek meanders through the suburbs of Arvada, CO, the Ralston Creek Trail shadows the creek most of the way. A great place to start this trail is in Morrison or in Bear Creek State Park. Either way, you would start out on the Bear Creek Trail, but easily switch over to the Ralston …

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Poudre River Trail

cement trail in Greeley, Colorado

This is a wonderful trail, but if you’re interested in riding the entire 20 miles, you may want to avoid it during the first week of July when the Greeley Stampede is in full swing. During the Stampede, the first section of the trail is closed because the trail starts at Island Grove Park in …

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Platte River Trail

platte river trail in downtown denver near confluence park

Eventually the Platte River Trail will become part of the Colorado Front Range Trail that will extend all the way through Colorado from Wyoming down to New Mexico.

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Mineral Belt Loop Trail

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, the day before Labor Day, and the temperatures were soaring into the 90s down in Denver, Colorado. That was the first wonderful surprise about the Mineral Belt Loop Trail up in Leadville, Colorado. It was still sunny, but the high on the trail that day was 70°. It was …

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Clear Creek Trail

Clear Creek Trail runs between the Platte River Trail in Denver and (near) the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO. And the last time I checked, the Coors brewery offered free tours w/ free beer samples. That sounds a bit like a pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow to me. Or in this …

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