In our quest to be more “outdoors” and “healthy”, today we went to the Spruce Mountain Open Space in Larkspur, CO. It is definitely worth the effort, even though, on a Sunday at least, it was pretty busy. There was a good number of people of all ages on the trails. Most of them faster than us.
There are a variety of different distances and loops to take. The shortest loop is about 1.5 miles, and the longest almost 9 miles. We did about three miles.
We do want to plan on a longer trip next time. Possibly even having lunch at one of the picnic tables that are on the well marked trail.
Overall the beautiful scenery and the moderate difficulty makes for a very entertaining hike. We highly recommend it. We give it 22 out of 24 trees.