Ridgeline Open Space and Trails

The Town’s 367-acre open space on the ridge above The Meadows, named Best Hiking/Biking Trail by Colorado Community Media. The soft-surface single-track runs through valleys, ridgelines, open grassland and dense Gambel oak in four interconnected, color-coded loops of moderate difficulty, 13.5 miles in all with the feeders and connections; the outer loop, Stewart Trail, is 9.5 miles with a marker every half mile. Paved connections lead into the neighborhoods, and the system joins the paved trails and open space of The Meadows and Red Hawk. There are views of the Front Range to the west and the Town below. The Town calls the traffic heavy and names rattlesnakes and bluebirds as the wildlife to expect.

Parking and portable restrooms are at the trailhead lot on Coachline Road and at Bison Park. On the east side, a pedestrian overpass across Wolfensberger Road connects to the trails of Philip S. Miller Park. The trails are adopted and maintained by the Ridgeline Wranglers, a volunteer group under the Town’s POST Partners program; parks maintenance is on 720-733-2260, and the Town’s trails planner is Rich Havel.