Blue Sky Trail
Needing to get outside from the stay-at-home mandate, Katie and I decided to go for a hike. Originally we planned on just hiking up Coyote Ridge, but the parking lot was packed. We went to the other end of Coyote Ridge trail, which was the Blue Sky Trail. There were only a few parking spots left so we grabbed one and started hiking.
Blue Sky Trail is a great mountain biking trail, so there were several times we almost got ran over, but it was still a nice hike. I'm definitely going to come back here to do some biking over the summer. It had less than 500 feet of elevation gain and we turned back before making it all the way to Coyote Ridge, making out round trip distance four and a quarter miles and taking an hour and a half.
4.22 mi
1.5 hrs
5,701 ft
479 ft
Rocky Landscape
The Blue Sky Trail runs along the same feature that makes Devil's Backbone, which is iron-rich rocks that give the dirt a good red color.
Horsetooth in the Distance
You can see an angled view of Horsetooth Rock in the distance. It's not quite as prominent at this angle but you can still make it out.
Muddy Bike Tracks
There were several spots along the trail that were pretty muddy. This was one of them. Because of all the bikers, all the muddy spots were packed with tire marks.
