Dinosaur Ridge to Red Rocks Trading Post

Morrison, CO

On September 7, I hiked most of the Dinosaur Ridge Trail before heading into Red Rocks Park to meet Kim on the Trading Post Trail. The Dinosaur Ridge trail was along a closed paved road (though some buses still drove it) that lead to many “exhibits” of dinosaur bones, tracks, etc. The exhibits were interesting, though, honestly, some of them took more imagination to see than I had. The hike over to Red Rocks had some relief until the highway, after which it was fairly flat. All-in-all a fun hike, but I will probably spend my time on other trails when we return.

Walk-Specific Map

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 RRDINO1 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road CR-93 parking lot to Dinosaur Bone Bed exhibit 0.11 0.11 15
2 RRDINO2 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dinosaur Bone Bed exhibit to Apatosaurus Bulges exhibit 0.07 0.19 6
3 RRDINO3 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Apatosaurus Bulges exhibit to Dinosaur Bone exhibit 0.12 0.31 18
4 RRDINO4 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dinosaur Bone exhibit to Overlook to Red Rocsk 0.01 0.32 -3
5 RRDINO5 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Overlook to Red Rocsk to Volcanic Ash Deposit exhibit 0.03 0.35 15
6 RRDINO6 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Volcanic Ash Deposit exhibit to Dakota Ridge Trail 0.04 0.39 14
7 RRDINO7 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dakota Ridge Trail to Dakota Ridge Trail 0.12 0.51 -32
8 RRDINO8 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dakota Ridge Trail to Dinosaur Tracks exhibit 0.27 0.78 -54
9 RRDINO8 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dinosaur Tracks exhibit to Dakota Ridge Trail 0.27 1.04 54
10 RRDINO7 Dinosaur Ridge Park Road Dakota Ridge Trail to Dakota Ridge Trail 0.12 1.16 32
11 RRDKTR9 Dakota Ridge Trail Dinosaur Ridge Park Road to Red Rocks Trail 0.07 1.23 32
12 RRRRCK1 Red Rocks Trail Dakota Ridge Trail to CR-93 0.42 1.65 -212
13 RRRRCK2 Red Rocks Trail CR-93 to Mount Vernon Creek Trail 0.09 1.73 -15
14 RRMTVC1 Mount Vernon Creek Trail Red Rocks Trail to Will Call Trail 0.45 2.19 -33
15 RRMTVC2 Mount Vernon Creek Trail Will Call Trail to Cemetary Dr 0.57 2.75 77
16 RRMTVC3 Mount Vernon Creek Trail Cemetary Dr to Trading Post Trail 0.07 2.83 -27
17 RRTPST5 Trading Post Trail Mount Vernon Creek Trail to Red Rocks Park Rd 0.03 2.86 14
18 RRTPST6 Trading Post Trail Red Rocks Park Rd to Trading Post / Trading Post Rd 0.24 3.09 147