A roughly twelve mile loop in three different open space lands located on the High Plains at the Wyoming/Colorado border. Read More ...

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Geological and scenic wonder in the Red Mountain Open Space outside of Ft. Collins, CO.

As I type this article, it is 15F and snowy out.

The skies are gray and the wind is a little fierce.

It is a gray, if a bit colder than normal, November day.

But this past weekend? It was an unusually warm November weekend.

Sunny and almost 70.

A chance to get in a climb on Saturday. And to explore a newer open space  area on Sunday.

Red Mountain Open Space has only been open since 2009.

Less than thirty miles north of Ft. Collins, CO, it takes in an area that is often ignored in many foothill jaunts.

The Red Mountain Open Space is an anomaly in the High Plains that is often  called “The Big Hole”; essentially a canyon in this otherwise vast and open area.

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