Denver 2017 - Hoop Creek Falls #1

The best place we visited was the hardest to get to.  It came up on the internet as Berthoud Falls, but the description also warned that there is no real parking lot...just a space used as a staging point for snow removal equipment during the winter months.  We concluded that this was what it looked like once we got there, as well as serving as an area to pile up the snow to get it safely out of the way, as can be seen in the shot below, captured while Allison was climbing the hill to get to the other side of the wall.

It was precarious going beyond the wall because the snow was slushy and we certainly weren't dressed or prepared to take a hike in such conditions.  But once on the other side we saw a well-worn path that had been recently trod, at least since the most recent storm.  About 100 feet in, this was the sight that greeted us, of Hoop Creek, which made it worth all the effort.  For Allison and I both this was the highlight of the drive.

If anyone is interested in going there, the spaced where we were parked off of the highway is located at 39.78416° north, -105.783688° west.