Trip
Hiking – Orbital Trail - Segment 1
For Rocky Mountain Over the Hill Gang members ONLY. We will hike the second half of segment 1 of the Denver Orbital Trail (DOT) – Lookout Mountain to Apex Park.
Contacts
- Wed, Nov 13, 2024
- Rocky Mountain Over the Hill Gang
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.2 mi
- Elevation Gain: 220 ft
- High Point Elevation: 7,545 ft
- Pace: Casual Pace
- 1 (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet at 8:30am at the Apex Parking Lot to start at 8:40am. We will carpool to the top of Lookout Mountain and hike back down to the Apex parking lot.
The DOT is a walking route that makes a full circle around Denver. The second half of segment 1 starts at the top of Lookout Mountain and then descends through the rolling mountain meadows of Apex Park. https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/segment-1-golden-to-apex-park-a42b4dd?u=i&sh=bhqvqk (NOTE: we are only doing the second half of this hike. Look for the first half hike scheduled for Nov 11).
Required Equipment
There is 2083 of elevation loss on this hike. Bring hiking poles if you use them.