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Tunnel Drive just outside of Canon City, Colorado, is a fun little hike, but if you go in late morning, it’s pretty much all exposed to the hot sun. The trail is dirt/rocks, quite wide, and winds along the ridge above the Arkansas River. As we hiked, we saw the Royal Gorge Line train chug by, we watched rafters float along, and we saw some wildlife, as well. (Also a used condom, whoo hoo.) The trail features three tunnels dug through the rock, two of them rather short and one quite long. The road was originally built to service a redwood water main from the river to Canon City. The trail is only two miles in length, but we only hiked the first mile of it. (Wally, who is 3, insisted upon riding on Daddy’s shoulders most of the way, and Daddy didn’t think he could do the whole hike with his extra burden.)
Eager hiker for the first few steps! The Royal Gorge Line. The first tunnel.
The last (longest tunnel). A cactus.
Hike completed: July 23, 2007. Total mileage: Just over 2 miles.
Well, our first hike of the season was an awfully short one, but we all enjoyed it. We hiked the Michael’s Fort trail around some of the grounds here at Star Hill Inn. “Trail” might be overstating the case a bit, since there really was no discernible trail at any point, but we vaguely followed the route suggested by the hand-drawn map, and eventually did end up at our destination. Total mileage: about 1. Total time: about 30 minutes. Wally walked most of the way, except through a patch of weeds that were about as tall as he is.
