Of all the hiking routes that descend into West Clear Creek Wilderness — including Willow Crossing, Tramway, Maxwell and the eponymous West Clear Creek Trail — the Headwaters Trail is the most ...

In 2021, Jefferson County announced a new recreation destination with a fitting name. The Gateway Trail would serve as a gateway to Clear Creek Canyon, providing a link from downtown Golden to these ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Clear Creek Canyon is one of Jefferson County’s most dramatic geological landscapes, featuring towering rock walls and whitewater rapids arrayed along 13 ...

From the high point of the Walker Basin Trail, echoes of the area’s ranching history linger in bits of barbed wire, stock tanks and weedy livestock tracks. Creative minds might conjure images of ...

Another stretch of a long-dreamed trail has opened in a canyon west of Denver. Jefferson County officials and enthusiasts recently gathered for a ribbon cutting at a new trailhead in Clear Creek ...