South Valley Park doesn’t get the attention that North and South Table Mountains and Matthews/Winters Park get — top destinations in Jefferson County Parks and Open Space’s portfolio. A natural resources specialist with the department, Tanner Marshall, thinks that’s because South Valley’s trails aren’t as varied.
“Pretty flat, tame trails, nice for strolling around,” he says, not exactly appealing to mountain bikers and more ambitious hikers. “It doesn’t attract the same demographics as those other (parks) do.”
But those others don’t boast formations that resemble a mini Red Rocks Amphitheatre. At South Valley, the eye candy also includes the opposite, rugged side of the hogback seen from Colorado 470 and mountainous perspectives mostly only had by Ken-Caryl residents…