Trip
Hiking – Corwina, O'Fallon, & Pence Parks
Prose and poetry hike at O'Fallon and Corwina Parks. Come join us and bring a poem or a bit of prose to share at our midway point on this 5.3 mile through hike from O'Fallon Park to Corwina Park. Elevation gain is 1,314ft. so be ready for some uphill portions of the trail. Please bring a poem you like or a piece of prose no more than a minute or two of reading that has some uplifting, tender, beautiful, or encouraging meaningful message. Bring a pad to sit on. Please read the full description as a car shuttle is required.
Contacts
- Sun, Aug 11, 2024
- Denver
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.3 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,314 ft
- High Point Elevation: 7,379 ft
- Pace: 2.0 -2.2 mph
- 5 (11 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at the Morrison Park and Ride at C470 and the Morrison exist on the west side of C470 at 7 A.M. We will caravan together up hwy 74 6.75 miles to Corwina Park. Dropping off some cars at Corwina Park we will carpool 1 mile up hwy 74 in the remaining cars to O'Fallon Park. There are restrooms at both Corwina and O'Fallon Parks.
We will ascend the West Ridge Trail in O'Fallon Park and then loop around to the Panorama Point trail. We'll ascend to Panorama Point and take our rest, have a snack and read poetry and prose to each other, so bring something to share that is no more than a couple of minutes to read, and bring a mat to sit on. Please bring something that touches our humanity in some way that is encouraging or uplifting, touching, tender, heartfelt, humorous or beautiful. (Please find something written by a human being. While AI can generate some pretty amazing things I would prefer we share heartfelt poetry or prose on these trips!)
We will descend from Panorama Point to the Bear Creek trail and make our way to Corwina park. We will return to O'Fallon to retrieve the other cars.
Cotrex map of our route:
https://trails.colorado.gov/routes/133080#activity=hiking
Required Equipment
Poles if you use them for steeper sections of the trail. Rain gear is always required and the ten essentials including your own medical kit.