Carpenter Peak Roxborough State Park

I had been wanting to go to roxborough Park to see the snow on the red rocks. These rock formations remind me of the type at red rocks. This is located west of Castle Rock south of the Chatfield reservoir.

We tried to go last year for a snowshoe but the ranger couldn't get the road plowed to open the park. There was not enough snow for a snowshoe but we definitely needed our spikes.  It was snowy on most of the trails and slippery too.

The carpenter Peak trail is the longest and most challenging in the park. The brochure says 6.4 miles. We climb to 7,160 ft at the peak and started at 6100. At the trailhead there are bathrooms.

There are many oak scrub trees that I imagine would be beautiful in the fall.

We start near the rocks and eventually lose sight of them.

The rocks are getting smaller

As we get higher the views start to appear.

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The trail winds into the forest at times. This seems a bit narrow for snowshoeing.

Keep following the Carpenter Peak signs.

Here we intersects with the Elk Valley trail

Heres the view at the false summit. But there was a nice bench to sit down here.

Through the forest again to get to the top of the peak.

Parts of the trail in the sun side were completely melted. But most parts were snow-covered.

Here at the top we had a bite to eat. Great Views in every direction.

This was a very fun hike. But I would like to come back and snowshoe.