The sun rose and cast the hulking, granite face of Cheyenne Mountain in a golden light ー golden, like a prize to be earned.
Here at the trailhead, I was familiar with the task at hand. I was familiar with Dixon Trail’s demands.
This is the trail climbing up Colorado Springs’ second-most storied mountain, the monolith that for generations had no proper footpath like Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail. That changed in 2018, when Cheyenne Mountain State Park opened Dixon Trail after much anticipation and struggle…