Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park Review

Eldorado Canyon State Park, with its steep walls and pine forests, offers outdoor activities for thrill-seekers and observers. Kayakers get adrenaline rushes on the rapids of South Boulder Creek, while rock climbers scale the canyon's granite walls. Picnickers can choose from 42 spots, and anglers' catches average 8 inches. Bird-watchers and artists find plenty of inspiration, and hikers have 12 mi of trails to wander. The Streamside Trail is a mostly level, 1-mi round-trip that parallels South Boulder Creek 0.5 mi to West Ridge; 300 feet of the trail is wheelchair accessible. Half of 1.5-mi round-trip Fowler Trail is wheelchair accessible. The trail has interpretive signs about the wildlife. For the best views of the canyon and the Front Range plains, head up Rattlesnake Gulch Trail. The round-trip 3-mi switchback trail ends at an overlook 800 feet higher in elevation than the trailhead, where you can see the high Rockies of the Continental Divide. Snowshoeing is popular here in winter. Mountain bikers crank on Rattlesnake Gulch Trail and Fowler Trail. Eldorado Canyon Trail is open to horseback riding.