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| a tree in a rock |
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| Inner Canyon Tr. |
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| Inner Canyon Tr. |
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| East Canyon Tr. |
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| East Canyon Tr. - furthest pt. |
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| Dam Trail |
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| Dam Tr. |
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| Rimrock Tr. |
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| Dam Ruins |
We've really been taking advantage of the great October weather lately and have made 3 trips to Castlewood Canyon SP. We've walked the Canyon View Nature Trail, hiked the Inner Canyon and Lake Gulch Trails (approx 3 mi. total) on the first trip. The second hike was a 4 mi. Loop on the East Canyon Preservation Tr. and we had the trail to ourselves that day. Yesterday we hiked another 4 mi. Loop consisting of the Dam Tr. and the Rimrock Trail. It goes past the Dam Ruins. After our first hike in the park I found out that a friend came across a big rattler sunning itself on a rock when she was there. Needless to say we were on the lookout when we went back again.
The Castlewood Dam was built in the late 1800’s, but on August 3
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1933, the Castlewood dam collapsed under the pressure of the water from
a huge rain storm upstream on Cherry Creek. A torrent of water plunged
down the Cherry Creek basin until it hit the city of Denver some 30
miles away. It was the worst flood in Denver history.
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