Clear Creek Canyon Park Hike
In 2016 this park added 3.8 miles of sidewalk along Clear Creek.  
These photos are from two hikes.  One from the east and one from
the west with both turning around at Tunnel 5.  The park follows
the canyon from Golden to I70 near Idaho Springs.
From the Centennial Cone
parking lot the trail goes under
Highway 6.
The view from the bridge
looking upriver (west).
Map of the Clear Creek
Canyon Park
At about .8 miles we approach
another crossing.
Going west on the trail (sidewalk).
The first crossing of Clear Creek
is on the Mahem Gulch Bridge.
Approaching the west parking
lot.
There are many walls of
boulders along the walk.
This bridge is called the
Cannonball Bridge.
This is part of a larger trail called
Peaks to Plains.
View upriver from the bridge.
At 1.5 miles we come to the
Placer Bridge.
Going from the west parking lot.
Looking west (upriver) from
the Placer Bridge.
Looking east (downriver) from
the Placer Bridge.
The trailhead on the west side.
We come to a rest area.
The view from the rest area.
We come across a one dog power
bicycle.  He never had to pedal!
The view after going through the
tunnel under highway 6.
The view after going under
Highway 6.
The river first takes a horseshoe
turn.
Looking downriver.
We come to a tunnel under
Highway 6.
The view looking back after
going under  Highway 6.  The
Highway tunnel is Tunnel 5.
We approach the highway.
We come to another tunnel
under Highway 6.
To our left there are climbers on
the cliff.
View after passing through the
tunnel.
Continuing west we stop and go
back to the east parking lot.
Going from the east parking lot.
Looking upriver from the same
spot.
The canyon goes west.
The highway is to our left.
We come to Tunnel 5.  It is an
abandoned highway tunnel.
The view as we get back to the
west parking lot.
Panoramics looking downriver (left) and upriver (right) in the horseshoe portion of the canyon.
We turn back at Tunnel 5.
Joanne looking at a boulder that
recently fell.
The same area during snow
melt-7-13-2019.