Going to Red Rocks again

I’ve never done any of the zip lines in Colorado but I believe there is one in Conifer and I know there is a zipline/adventure park off I-70 close to Idaho Springs. Both of those are about 30 minutes from Morrison (Red Rocks), much closer than Colorado Springs. I can’t speak to how much better or worse they are than the Broadmoor but just something to consider. I would look into staying in either Golden, Morrison, Idaho Springs, or Evergreen. This gives you the option to explore the foothills or jump on I-70 and shoot up to Breck, Winter Park, Vail, Silverthorne for the day.

-Favorite hike close to Red Rocks- Lair O’ the Bear
-Idaho Springs- Main Street Restaurant for breakfast. Everything made from scratch.
-New Terrain- Kid/Dog friendly brewery in Golden.
-St Marys Glacier- cool quick hike to a “glacier”.
Blue Pan- Best pizza in Colorado.

Everything listed is about 30 minutes or less from Morrison.

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I would look into staying in either Golden, Morrison, Idaho Springs, or Evergreen

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We rafted the Royal gorge and it was an incredible experience.

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I will look into this. We went to the Royal Gorge to zip line last time we were there, and unfortunately, the zip line was shut down due to high winds.

In late September, early October, is white water rafting still a go?

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Going to look at your recommendations.

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let me know if have any more questions!

we always stay at this place in evergreen

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shite to do:

dinosaur ridge outside Morrison
coors brewery tour (call morning of they always have tix)
downtown Morrison
downtown golden
downtown evergreen
buffalo bill museum
lair o the bear
red rocks park

make sure and eat at hungry goat in Morrison. Also if you’re interested in getting hammered with the locals the holiday bar is your place

that area is just gorgeous and might be my favorite part of Colorado

We did Red Rocks last month for a concert. We stayed just outside of Evergreen, the drive over to RR was as easy as could be. Restaurant recommendations in the area: Blackbird Cafe for brunch is a must, Evergreen Bread Lounge, SaBella Pizza, Genesee Pub and BBQ is a cool locals type place, great patio. If you want a fancy fine dining experience make reservations at The Monarch Chophouse at the casino in Black Hawk, one of the best dining experiences we've had in a while. Caesar salads complete with fresh anchovies prepared table side, great drinks, unbelievable steaks, and then Gelato made table side with liquid nitrogen for dessert. What a meal. Plenty of nature to see in the area, there were elk everywhere around town, the lake is nice walk. We fished some in Bear Creek above the lake, lots of small trout. My wife was on a bum foot so no hiking this trip. We feel the same way about concerts now that we have been to RR, we will be going back soon.

The bum wheel may wife has got us a temporary handicap pass so we went early and tailgated in the HC lot right next to the gate. Then they even loaded us up in a shuttle from there and we went up the hill and dropped us off at the gate. No idea how the Uber works, I did get a recommendation that said you could park way down on the lowest lot and pay like 10 bucks for a cab ride to the gate at the top, not sure how that works.

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you park at the bottom and there will be a line of cabs taking people to the top. best 20 bucks youll ever spend

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I walked it No idea there were cabs going to the top.

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now pickup, was a whole different story and a complete nightmare

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Dude. I almost got divorced over leaving RR. It was her fault though.

Ended up catching a shuttle to the bottom and then having to request an UBER. It was a situation made bad by drinking and I'm not gonna say who but it wasnt me.