| Golden Gate State Park 06/16/2009 & 10/16/2019 |
| These hikes are to Windy Peak and Coyote Trail near Tremont Mountain in Golden Gate State Park. It is located about 15 miles northwest of Golden. The Windy Peak is a 7.4 mile hike with a vertical rise of 1200 feet. The Coyote Trail hike was 2.2 miles and 650 vertical feet. |
| Forgotten Valley has a pioneer cabin. |
| View to the south from near the summit of Windy Peak. |
| At lunch time we get visitors. |
| Rock Formations on the Windy Peak Trail. |
| Windy Peak, 9130 feet high. |
| View to the west from the summit of Windy Peak. |
| Western Tanager bird. |
| Overlook of canyon on the Windy Peak Trail. |
| Map of Golden Gate State Park |
| The canyon to the east. |
| Windy Peak 06/16/2009 |
| Coyote Trail 10/16/2019 |
| The restroom and trailhead for the Coyote Trail. |
| We come to a bootleggers cabin with an explanation about moonshine. |
| We get a good look at Mount Evans in the distance. |
| The trail is littered with gold aspen disks. The panoramic of Mt. Evans (right) next to Chief and Squaw Mountains. |
| As we go back we find an off trail to the ruins of a power roller. |
| We reach the altitude of 9481' and decide to go back down. |
| As we leave the park the parks ridge of mountains is off to the north. |
