Boulder Dark Horse to Westminster US36
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- Distance
- 16.46 mi
- Elevation gain
- 423 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 394 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,682 ft
- TrailRank
- 18
- Min elevation
- 5,348 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- one hour 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2053
- Uploaded
- July 31, 2016
- Recorded
- July 2016
near Boulder, Colorado (United States)
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Boulder Dark Horse to Westminster US36
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Due to Construction at the McCaslin exit, there are many ways to go wrong. This picture is the SE end of the detour looking back towards Boulder direction. The detour sign is just to the right side under the Boulder Turnpike. WHen Coming EAST, If you missed the detour signs as I did, I came west across the McCaslin bridge and went south through the parking lot of a small strip mall, then onto this dirt field. You can go through the dirt field if your lost coming east and re-join the concrete sidewalk here. https://www.wikiloc.com/cycling-trails/boulder-dark-horse-to-westminster-us36-14188393/photo-8797649
Looking east along US36. The water ditch to the left of the path is impressive concrete. Flat Irons shopping mall is next over the hill. https://www.wikiloc.com/cycling-trails/boulder-dark-horse-to-westminster-us36-14188393/photo-8797653
Picture is Facing west towards Boulder at 120th avenue and Wadsworth Parkway, Hwy 121 exit. This is a huge unfortunate sin in design of the path. The cycle path can be seen bending in the distance. Instead of the "logical" route to connect directly to Wadsworth to go south into Westminster and Arvada, the path instead goes under the US36 and over to the Broomfield Park-n-Ride.
There is a small gap in the fence which allows you to join the exit of US36 and then climb the exit up to Wadsworth avoiding the extra mile of indirect routing. NOTE: TO BROOMFIElD CITY COUNCIL. Please add just a small one block path to join the Bike path onto Wadsworth Parkway please. If you are a bicycle fan then you can see the logic in this. https://www.wikiloc.com/cycling-trails/boulder-dark-horse-to-westminster-us36-14188393/photo-8797654
Another photo of the Wadsworth Parkway US121 exit and US36. https://www.wikiloc.com/cycling-trails/boulder-dark-horse-to-westminster-us36-14188393/photo-8797657
PS: You can see the McCaslin Arch bridge to Costco in the distance. https://www.wikiloc.com/cycling-trails/boulder-dark-horse-to-westminster-us36-14188393/photo-8797649
Sunday morning, July 2 2016 Going South West from Boulder and fighting an opposing SW wind.