ʻO ka Hikes Hiko maikaʻi Loa Around Boulder, Colorado

ʻO ka moku'āinaʻo Colorado he lani hiker, me ka loaʻaʻole o nā manawa e hiki ai ke paʻi i nā alahele no kahi o heaʻoe mai Fort Collins a Durango. Eia naʻe,ʻo Boulder kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa no ka heleʻana ma muli o ka mamao o nā kuahiwi a me ke ākea o nā koho i loko o kahiʻelima mau minuke kaʻa mai ke kūlanakauhale.

Ma keʻano o ka nohoʻana i kahi o nā meaʻoihana o Upper Colorado ,ʻo Boulder ka mea i waenakonu o ka Iʻeu Kupunui I-70, kahi e wehe ai i nā kaha hikiʻole i nā hiku mauna . I kekahi manawa,ʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa ka manawa no kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi ma waena o nā puʻu, akā maikaʻi, hiki i kahi mau hiku hiki ke hiki ke hoʻopau i loko o ka hora aʻoi paha kokoke.

Mai ka Halihi Foothills ma ka Loop Hogingck Ridge i kahi wīwī e hele ai i Boulder Falls, e lawe i kekahi mau hola mai koʻoukou heleʻana i Boulder e hoʻomoe iāʻoe iho i keʻano a mahalo i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ma nā maunaʻo Colorado.

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  ʻO ka Loop Hogeck Ridge ma ka Foothills Trailhead

  Aia ma ka'ākau'ākau o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Boulder , kahi kokoke iʻelua hapa mile i kahi o Broadway e holo ana me ke alanui 28,ʻo ka Foothills Trailhead ke hāʻawi aku i nā ala heleʻokoʻa likeʻole e hele ai i nā paepae. Mai kēia wahi, hiki iāʻoe ke lawe aku i ka Loop Hogeck Ridge i loko o kahi hola a me ka hapalua ma kahi wikiwiki.

  Hāpaiʻoe i ka hikeʻelua mile a ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Boulder , me ka nānā maikaʻi i nā Rockies i ka hau i luna. I ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka Loop, hiki iāʻoe ke pale i ka'ākau a kū mālie i ka piko o ka puʻu. Ma hope o ka piʻiʻana i kahi 1,000 kapuaʻi, aiaʻoe ma ke poʻo o ke kuahiwi a nānā i nā kuahiwi i ke komohana a me Boulder a me nā pāpū i ka hikina. Ma hope o kou pauʻana i ka mahalo i kaʻike, he ala nui ia e hoʻopau ai i ka Loop, kahi e alakaʻi ai iāʻoe i ka manawa pono i kahi i hoʻomaka aiʻoe.

  Loaʻa ma laila : Holo ma ke kūkulu'ākau i ke Alaloa 36 (28th Street) kahi i hala ai me kahi Broadway. E hoʻomau i ka'ākau no ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapa mile ma mua o ka huli ponoʻana i kahi kaʻa i ka Foothills Trailhead. Hiki iāʻoe ke kiʻi i ka Foothills Trail i lalo o 28 a hiki i ka huiʻana o Houmbck Ridge Loop.

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  Mount Sanitas

  ʻO Sanitas kekahi o nā wahi hilinaʻi kaulana loa o Boulder, aʻoiai aia ma ka lōʻihi lōʻihi o ka holoʻana "pōkole," hiki iāʻoe ke'ō'ō i ka huakaʻi hele iʻelua hola. Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi kaukau, he mea maikaʻi kēia; ʻo nā alakaiʻekolu mile mai keʻano kūʻokoʻa a paʻakikī.

  E hahai i ke alaloa maikaʻi i kaʻaoʻao o ke kahakai one, akā e hoʻomākaukau no ka holoʻana eʻoi aku ka paʻakikī kokoke i luna. Ma ka piko, he nui nā wahi maikaʻi e hana i ka haʻalulu a lawe i nā manaʻo o Boulder, a he maʻalahi ka huakaʻi haʻahaʻa i ke ala.

  Loaʻa ma laila: Ma Boulder, e lawe i Broadway'ākau a huli i ka hema (ma ke komohana) ma ke alanui Mapleton. ʻOhi ke komohana aʻikeʻoe i nā hōʻailona no ka mauna Sanitas Trailhead ma ka'ākau. Aia kahi mau wahi kaʻa i kaʻaoʻao, akā inā piha lākou, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi kaʻa ma kekahi o nā'āpana liʻiliʻi kokoke i ke alahele.

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  Hoʻolāʻau

  Loaʻa nā koho he nui no nā hikes o ke ala pololei i nā Flatirons. Hoʻomaka i ke kahuaʻo Chautauqua Ranger, hiki iāʻoe ke koho i kahi ala e kiʻi iāʻoe i ka Flatiron Helu 1, 2, aiʻole 3.ʻO ka hikes ke loaʻa i nā 1,500 kapuaʻi o ke kiʻekiʻe a me ka holoʻana 90 mau minuke i nā holaʻelua.

  ʻO nā hikesʻo Flatirons kekahi o nā meaʻoi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale no ka mea e lawe lākou iāʻoe i ka'ōlima inoa a Boulder a hāʻawi i kahi waiwai kiʻekiʻe i ka manawa liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka Flatiron Number 1 kahi ala maikaʻi loa no nā mea mua, no laila e hoʻomaka ma laila a piʻi i ka 2 a me 3 ma kāu mauʻaoʻao e hiki mai ana.

  Loaʻa ma laila: Hale ma Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, hiki ke loaʻa iā Baseline Road ma alanui Broadway. Hoʻopiha pinepineʻia ke kaʻa kaʻa e paʻa ai, akā he nui nā kaʻa kaʻa alanui eʻike ana e loaʻa loa kahi wahi ma kēia alahele. Aia ma ke komohana ma ke komohana i ka huiʻana o Bluebell-Baird Trail, a laila e hahai i nā hōʻailona no kahi o Flatiron ala e koho ai.

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  Ka Laikini Laikini ma Heil Valley Ranch

  ʻO ka laikini lichen he lā pōkole a māmā i ka Heil Valley Ranch park e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopau i loko o ka hapalua hora. ʻO ke alahele heʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā alaʻokoʻa no ka mea he lōʻihi ka lōʻihi e hiki ai iā Boulder.

  Hoʻomaka ka loop ma ka heleʻana i kahi alahaka ma luna o kahi'āpana liʻiliʻi, a ma hope o ia mea he piʻi mālie ia i kahi ulu lāʻau pine. ʻO ka piʻiʻana he kakaikahi wale nō kapuaʻi kapuaʻi wale nō ka nui o ka nui, akā ua loaʻa nō naʻe iāʻoe nāʻike kūpono o nā wahi a puni ma luna.

  Loaʻa ma laila: E hele i ka 28th Street ma ke'ākau a hiki i ke ala ākeaʻo Canyon Drive (kahi oʻehā a me ke mile mile ka lōʻihi o Broadway), a laila, e hema hema ma ka Left Hand Canyon Drive. Ma lalo o hoʻokahi mile ma hope, e hele pololei ma Geer Canyon Road; a laila e hele i ke ala e pili ana i hoʻokahi mile a nānā i nā hōʻailona no ka helehelena, a ma ka'ākau.

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  Doudy Draw

  Heleʻo Doudy Draw Trail i ka hema mai ke alahele ma ke kahakai a hui pū me ka Brook Brook Loop Trail. E hele anaʻoe i kahi'āpana liʻiliʻi a holo aku i ka hikina a hiki i ka pali o nā alanui Flatirons Vista.

  ʻO ke kaiaolaola waiwai waiwai waiwai e komo ana i nā wahi kaulana o ponderosa pine pinepine a he waiwai nui hoʻi kaʻoihana minina a me ka mahiʻai. I kou heleʻana, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā luawai i kūkuluʻia no ka mea kanu lāʻau a me nā ala i hoʻohuliʻia o ke alanui Boulder Creek e like me ke Kuhikuhina Community, i kūkulu muaʻia i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka makahiki 1900.

  Loaʻa ma laila: Mai Boulder, ke poʻo ma ke komohana o Eldorado Springs Drive (Highway 170) e pili ana i 1.8 mile ma ke komohana. Aia pololei ka helehelena ma waho o ka puka, a he wahi kaʻa kaʻa e uku ana i kahi kumukuai no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā hale. Hiki iāʻoe ke komo i kekahi mau alaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe e pili ana i ke Kaiapuni Community, Flathrons Vista Loop, Spring Brook Loop, a me Goshawk Ridge mai ke alahele.