Originally posted by wyobiker
You must have biked this during the week because I don't see many people on the road. The times I have biked up to the dam there has been non stop traffic ... walkers, joggers, bikers, etc. I agree with you that one of the best sites are the big horn sheep. Something about thier beauty justs make me stop and admire them.
Great pic's!
As with any biking in the Denver metro area (and I guess in other areas) if you want solitude, don't go on weekends.
On the other hand, even on weekends, once you get about 3 miles up, most of the casual walkers disappear.
Waterton Canyon has become a sort of "institution" in the Denver area. In Tucson, Arizona, they have Sabino Canyon, in which they even have tour buses and a gift shop. This is 10 times prettier and more interesting than Sabino Canyon, and much less used. Of course we have many canyons of this sort, they seemingly have only one.
One fun thing was that there were 3 different groups of young children - 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders - in summer day camp programs biking all the way to the top, each with two counselors, also on bikes. I believe they are involved insome sort of summer biking day camp. They even have a huge flat bed trailer to haul the bikes.
What a great thing for biking's future. These kids pedal along as if they know what they are doing and are used to longer rides. Not the hesitant "what do I do know" that you often see on the rec trails in the metro. Sure and confident 2nd graders!!