Location: North Cheyenne Cañon
Trail Type: Out and Back
Terrain: Moderate Incline Dirt and Gravel
Length: 3+ Miles Round Trip
Today we had a great barebones basic hike. No extra gear. No
snacks. Just the four of us and two big bottles of water. We do love
challenging hikes that require planning and packing up, but today we enjoyed
the simplicity of a gorgeous, moderately easy mountain trek.
While Seven Bridges Trail is not marked along the road, it
was easy to find by following North Cheyenne Cañon’s online directions. We
parked in the lot at the entrance of Gold Camp Road and hiked up the closed
gravel road until the creek crosses underneath. To the right we found the trail
and went left at the first divide.
Seven Bridges Trail is exactly what its name suggests. The
trail zig-zags a rocky creek and the kiddos had fun keeping track of the number
of bridges as we crossed them. Hiking in only sneakers and basic snow boots, we
did have to slow it down a bit on icy patches, but in January it could have
been much worse. We had forty-degree weather with sunshine, and on the way up
the trail we quickly shed our layers. We enjoyed stopping near bridge three to
relax on some sunny boulders and watch the water rush by.
On the hike down, we slowly bundled back up. Once we reached
the trailhead we celebrated by partaking in one of our favorite activities:
throw stuff (rocks/sticks/ice) in the water and watch it go!
We were happy to meet many other hiking families and people
with dogs along Gold Camp Road on our way back down to the car.
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