Trip
Hiking – Orbital Trail - Segment 2
For Rocky Mountain Over the Hill Gang members ONLY. We will hike segment 2 of the Denver Orbital Trail (DOT) – Apex Park to Morrison through Red Rocks Park. PLEASE NOTE that some sections of this segment involve walking along and crossing roads.
Contacts
- Wed, Nov 20, 2024
- Rocky Mountain Over the Hill Gang
- Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 7.76 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,302 ft
- High Point Elevation: 6,783 ft
- Pace: Casual
- FULL, 7 on waitlist (8 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet at 8:30am at the Apex Parking Lot to start at 8:40am. This hike will involve a car shuttle and there will be more details on that prior to the trip.
The DOT is a walking route that makes a full circle around Denver. Segment 2 starts at Apex Park, goes through Matthews/Winters Park, through Red Rocks and on to Morrison. https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/denver-orbital-trail-segment-02-red-rocks-park-ae3f58a?u=i&sh=etf961 (Note, your leaders are going to scout out some of this route and may slightly modify it).
Required Equipment
The standard 10 essentials and extra clothing layers.