Hike — Deer Creek Canyon

On By geochristianIn Misc, Nature

The family took a hike in Deer Creek Canyon, at the southwest corner of the Denver metro area last week. This was before it turned cold and rainy/snowy. The trail has a mixture of grassland, scrub brush, and forest (Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, scrub oak, aspen, and others).

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Poison ivy along the trail
Poison ivy along the trail
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Precambrian gneiss outcrop
Precambrian gneiss outcrop
A forested path
A forested path
Denver skyline from a distance
Denver skyline from a distance
Looking across to Pennsylvanian Fountain Formation, xxx Lyons Formation, Jurassic Morrison Formation, and Cretaceous Dakota Formation
Looking across to Fountain, Lyons, Morrison, and Dakota formations (Pennsylvanian through Cretaceous)
Google Earth view of the trail
Google Earth view of the trail

Grace and Peace

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