ʻO Hikes Hiko maikaʻi loa ma Colorado

Eia kahi mea huna e pili ana iā Coloradoʻaʻole iʻike nui ka poʻe:ʻAe,ʻo mākou kekahi o ka mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi loa o ka honua. Akā i ka wā e uhiʻia ai ka honua i ka hau, e kahaha ka nānāʻana i ke anikai. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā kauʻehā i kahi awakea. Aʻo ke ao, ua aneane mau loa i ka uliuli.

ʻO ia ke kumu no ka hoʻopili waleʻana o nā poʻe ākea i nā hana o waho no ka uluʻana a me ke kauwela. Puka mākou i waho i ka makahiki. He holo hoʻokahi ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka makahiki.

ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā alahele a pau no nā hoʻolālā hoʻomaha. Hiki keʻoki i nā ala kiʻekiʻe ma muli o ka hopena o ka pōʻino a loaʻa kekahi i ka lepo, e like me ka hāʻuleʻana o ka hau a hoʻoheheʻe. ʻO nā alanui'ē aʻe e uhiʻia e ka hau, no laila ua maʻalahi ka nalowale ināʻoe i ka hau aʻaʻole e mālama.

A ma muli o kēia, ke hāpai mau nei mākou i ke kūʻana ma kahi keʻena pani ma mua o ka heleʻana i kahi holo wā hoʻokele. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe mālama i nā ala hele maikaʻi no ia lā a me ka manawa. He mea maʻalahi paha ka hoʻomaopopoʻana iāʻoe e hele anaʻoe ma laila, inā paha e hanaʻia kekahi mea.

Maiʻae i kēlā mea e hōʻoki ai iāʻoe mai ka heleʻana i kahi helehelena nani hoʻomaha. Hiki i nā hikes hauʻoli ke emiʻole i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke kauwela aʻo ka nani o ka manaʻo e like me kaʻike.

Hiki i nā hikes hiku maikaʻi ke pale a palekana mai ka makani, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ka ea. ʻAʻole lōʻihi lōʻihi nā hikes (ʻoiʻekolu hola). A ma mua o nā mea a pau, he nani loa nā mea kupaianaha.

Eia nā wahi maikaʻi 13 he nui e holo ai i Colorado i ka hoʻoilo.

• 01 o 13

  Makemake: Lily Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

  ʻO Rocky Mountain National Park kahi o nā mākaʻi'āina nui loa ( ʻehā mau kaulana o Colorado ) no ka mea he maʻalahi hiki ke hele, hiki i nā poʻe malihini ke kipa o nā makahiki a me nā makahiki a kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale kaulanaʻo Estes Park. He nui nā helehelena maikaʻi, nā makahiki āpau i ka papa e koho ai, akāʻo kahi o nā papahana no nā hoʻomakaʻanaʻo Lily Lake.

  ʻAʻoleʻo Lily Lake kahi mea i hūnāʻia, akā ma nāʻano kūpono i ka wā eʻimi anaʻoe i kahi hele māmā,ʻaʻoleʻoe e makemake e hele i kahi mamao. ʻO Lily Lake he pōkole a he pālahalaha. ʻAʻole i lalo o kahi mile mile. Heleʻoe a i waho ma mua o kou makemake i nā meaʻai lima.

  Hiki keʻikeʻia ka ala ma ka hoʻoilo; ʻaʻohe no ka hau. Ma lalo, he'iliili. He kīnā hikiʻole ke hiki. ʻO kēia ka mea maikaʻi no nāʻohana a me nā kānaka o nā makahiki a pau.

• 02 o 13

  Makemake: Hale Pālaʻula, Morrison

  He kaulana kaulanaʻo Red Rocks Amphitheater i kahi o nā hoʻokani mele kaulana loa ma ka honua, e hoʻokipa ana i nā mea hana honua ma kona papa pōhaku. Akā he wahi hoʻokipa nō hoʻi ia e loaʻa ai kahi hana maikaʻi. ʻO ia ma kahi hoʻoilo, i ka wāʻaʻole i like nā mele. Ke waiho nei nā pōhakuʻulaʻula nunui, akā, aʻoi aku kaʻoluʻolu o ka paepae kiʻekiʻe a me ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka Stairstep ma ke keʻena haʻuki. E neʻeneʻe i kēia wahi puni i ka wāwae, me nā ala likeʻole e hoʻoulu iāʻoe ma nā pōhaku a ma luna, ma nā awāwa a me kahi ulu lāʻau.

• 03 o 13

  Easy: Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

  Eia hou, uaʻike nuiʻia kēia alahele e kokoke kokoke i ka pāʻana, no ka poʻe o ka'āina. Akā makemake nā malihini iā ​​ia no ka mea he maʻalahi ka loaʻa ma ka Rocky Mountain National Park a he wahi hui me ka pili, a me nā alahele āu e koho ai ma waena.

  Keʻimi nei i kahi mea maʻalahi? E koho i kahi alahele i emi iho ma lalo o hoʻokahi hola. A iʻole e hoʻolālā i ka holoʻana i nā lā a pau i nā mauna i Glacier Gorge. ʻO keʻano maoli, uaʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā holo lōʻihi. E hoʻolālā like.

• 04 o 13

  Easy: Saint Mary's Glacier, Idaho Springs

  Ināʻoe e holo ana i ka Interstate 70 i kahi kūlanakauhale laulā a hoʻokomo i kahi mīkini maʻamau maʻamau (kahi kaʻa nui e hele ana i nā pūkele ski), hiki i nā kūlanaʻoi loa o nā kaʻa ma kahi o Idaho Springs. Ma mua o ka hakakāʻana i ke kālepa, hoʻokuʻu iā ia a holo i loko o Idaho Springs, kahi eʻike aiʻoe i kahi wahi hilinaʻi o ka Saint Mary ma ka waoʻo Arapahoe.

  He mea maʻalahi ka alahele inā ua mākaukauʻoe a loaʻa nā kāmaʻa paʻaʻole, kūpono me nā wīwī, a he mea kaulana loa ia. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona poʻokela loa o kēia alahele,ʻo ia ka heluna o nā poʻe e holo holo me ko lākou mau papa hauʻawa a kau i kaʻaoʻao mua o ka mauna.

• 05 o 13

  Loaʻa:ʻekolu Sisters Park, Evergreen

  ʻO ke poʻo i Evergreen no nā Three Sister Sisters Park a me'Alderfer, kahi ona o nā alaʻokoʻa e koho a koho i waena. E kiʻi i ka palapala'āina ma kahi alahele a hana i kahi papahana, e hoʻoholo i ka lōʻihi e makemakeʻoe e holo ai a me ka paʻakikī e makemakeʻoe e holo. Hiki loa keʻono i kaʻoluʻolu, maʻalahi, a me ka pōkole iki maʻaneʻi e nui no nāʻohana.

• 06 o 13

  Easy:ʻO ka heleʻana o Falcon Castle Castle, Morrison

  ʻO kēia holoʻana ma ke alanui Trail he palahalaha, maʻalahi a lōʻihi i mea e leʻaleʻa ai (akāʻaʻole lōʻihi lōʻihi -ʻoi aku iʻelua hola). Akā he aha ka mea e kū pololei ai ka hale kākela a me kahi hale kiaʻi i ke ala. He mea kūpono kēia no nāʻohana. ʻAʻole i nui ka waiwai o ka hike, he mea maikaʻi no nā poʻe e hele mai ana mai kaʻilikai e makemake e piʻi i nā mauna akā makemakeʻole lākou,ʻikeʻoe, e hoʻomaha i ka ea.

  E lilo kēia hike i hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa a hāʻawi i nā manaʻo o Red Rocks a me Denver. ʻAʻole mamao aku ia mai Denver, no laila ua maʻalahi ke komoʻana.

• 07 o 13

  Makemake: Kekaʻo Alberta, Pākuʻu National Park

  ʻO Falls Falls kahi holokai kaulana i ka Rocky Mountain National Park, a ua pau kēia me ka wailele. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike i kahi wailele maloʻo, hoʻohui i kēia i kāu papa bili, no ka mea,ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka pono. Makemake kēia hike, mahalo nui i ke kauwela, a ua pōkole. E kiʻi iā Bear Lake. ʻO ka holoʻana he hoʻokahi mile a me ka hapa wale nō i ka wailele a me ke kua.

• 08 o 13

  Kūpono: Mount Sanitas, Boulder

  He nani maoliʻo Boulder i ka hoʻoilo. E kaomi anaʻo Pearl Street Mall me nā kukui mōhala aʻikeʻoe i kekahi hōkūlala nui ma kaʻaoʻao o ka mauna. E nānā i ke kūlanakauhale ma luna aku i ka wā e hele aiʻoe i ka maunaʻo Sanitas, ma kaʻaoʻao komohana o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kēia alahele he mau koho likeʻole paha kāu e koho ai ma waena, akāʻo ka mea i kaulana loaʻo ia ka mauna Sanitas Loop, kahiʻoi aku o nā helehelena maikaʻi loa akāʻo kaʻike e pono ana ka hana.

  ʻO kahiʻoi aku i kahiʻekolu mile ka lōʻihi a me ka papa hana a me nā pōhaku e hoʻolako i ka hana. ʻAʻole hiki ke maʻalahi, ma ka uluʻana i ke ao aiʻole ka hau a me ka hau i ka honua. Inā loaʻa iāʻoe ka ikaika a me kou mau mumū e hiki ke mālama i ka kiʻekiʻe,ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka nānā ma Boulder e kokoke loa ana i ke kūlanakauhale.

• 09 o 13

  Kūlana maikaʻi: Gem Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

  ʻO Gem Lake kahi holoʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma Rocky Mountain National Park. ʻAʻole mamao loa - hoʻokahi mile a me ka hapalua i kēlā me kēia ala (kahi iʻekolu mile ka nui) - akāʻo kahi o kēia ala e loaʻa iāʻoe aia ma ka'ākau. Hoʻopiliʻo ia i ka loaʻaʻana o ka waiwai he 1,000 kapuaʻi i kahi pōkole. E hoʻonui i ka piʻi kiʻekiʻe o Gem Lake (ma kahi o 8,800 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai), aʻoi aku hoʻi ka heleʻana ma ke ala a ua paʻaʻoe i ka wela. (E hōʻoiaʻoe eʻaʻahu i nā papa i ka wā e pono aiʻoe e hoʻomaha.)

  E like me ka mea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke manaʻo me ka kiʻekiʻe,ʻo kaʻike i kēia mau mea nui. E mālama i kou mau maka no ka Mahele Kuokoa.

• 10 o 13

  Ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe: ka diabolō o ke akua, Loveland

  Hiki ke maʻalahi ka Devil's Backbone ināʻikeʻoe i ka hoʻomaka o ke alahele. Akā, he mea paʻakikī kēlā e like me kou makemake. ʻO kēia manawa,ʻaʻole no ka loaʻaʻana o ka kiʻekiʻe akā no ka lōʻihi.

  ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka diabolō (kahiʻano kūpikipiki iʻikeʻia mai loko mai o ka honua e like me ka maikaʻi, e like me ke kuamoho e iho mai ana mai ka lua) he 12-mile o nā ala e pili ana i nā wahi ākea. E hoʻonui hou i nā mile, inā hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia.

  Ma keʻano he bonus, he maʻalahi kēia i maʻa mau. Aia ia ma ke kihi komohana o Loveland a hikiʻole ke hāʻule. Ma ke ala e hiki ai i ke kahawai i Rocky Mountain National Park, e lilo i wahi kūpono ma ke alanui. Ināʻoe ke kaumaha, hiki iāʻoe ke hele pololei i Horsetooth Park ma Fort Collins.

• 11 o 13

  ʻOka: Chasm Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

  Eia kahi luʻi nui ma ka Rocky Mountain National Park. Ua hoʻokuʻuʻiaʻo Chasm Lake i nā mauna, a ua laweʻia iāʻoe he 8.5 mile miletrip eʻike ai, ma ke ala me nā ala uila a me nā ala ala. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha e pili ana kēia ala ma kahi kokoke i Longs Peak, kekahi o nā mea heʻumikumamāhā ikaika loa (he mau mauna iʻoi aʻe ma mua o 14,000 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe) ma ke Poʻe mua o Colorado.

• 12 o 13

  ʻOka: Manitou Incline, Manitou Springs

  Eia kahi hike'ē aʻe e ho'āʻo ai e lanakila, inā uaʻoi kou ikaika. Hiki iā ia, e hele wāwae aiʻole e ho'āʻo e holo.

  ʻO ka manuahi he 3.7 mileʻo Manitou Incline e like me ka paʻakikī i ka loaʻaʻana,ʻoi aku i ka 2,000 kapuaʻi o ka piʻiʻana i ka mile hoʻokahi. Ma kekahi mau kumu, loaʻa iāʻoe he 70% o ka papa. I ka hopena, e hoʻopauʻoe ma lalo o 9,000 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o ke kai.

  ʻO kēia wale nō no ka hardcore wale nō.

  ʻO kēia alahele i hoʻohana mauʻia e lilo i ke Alanui Kaa Mahu no ke kēla pili. I kēia mau lā,ʻo nā poʻe Olumepika, nā kānaka o ka pūʻali a me nā poʻe'aloʻale nui e hoʻohana i ka ala pupule e ho'āʻo ai iā lākou iho a aʻoʻia. ʻO kēia māhele o Colorado kahi home o kahi kahua hoʻokūkūʻo Olumepika a me ka pūʻali koa.

  Ma waho aʻe o nā mana kipi, ma ka hopena o kēia ala, eʻikeʻoe i nā manaʻo maikaʻi o Colorado Springs a me Manitou Springs.

• 13 o 13

  Hard: Deer Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park

  He pilikiaʻo Deer Mountain, ua piha i nā paʻipaʻi a me kahi waiwai hoʻokiʻekiʻe nui o nā 1,000 kapuaʻi. He lōʻihi lōʻihi hoʻi, iʻeono mile ka holo a puni. ʻO ka Deer Mountain e lawe iāʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka 10,000 mau kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai, e hiki iā ia ke hoʻonā a i ke kaʻawale.

  ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe e heleʻoe,ʻo ka nui o ka hau e hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa. E makaʻala iʻole e nalowale inā uhi ka hau i ke ala. I ka hoʻoilo, hikiʻole iāʻoe ke hana i ke ala a pau me ka loaʻaʻole o ka hau.