Looking for a hike near Boulder, Lyons or Longmont? Check out the 6.3 mile out and back Lion Gulch Trail right off U.S. 36.
If you drive down U.S. 36 to get to Lyons, Longmont or Boulder, you may have noticed a trailhead near mile marker 8 on your way down the hill.
The trail is considered moderately challenging and takes an average of three-and-a-half hours to complete. We made it about two-and-a-half miles in before we had to turn around and go back. The effort to slog through the snow zapped our energy.The trail starts with a jaunt down to the north fork of the Little Thompson River. Lion Gulch follows the waterway for most of its path. In fact, part of the fun is crossing the wooden bridges back and forth across the water. When we went, however, the water was ice. Higher up on the trail, hikers cross the water using rocks.
The trees in this gulch are absolutely stunning. They are some of the tallest trees I have seen in Colorado. Majestic ponderosa pines stretch to the sky. They are fed by a constant source of water and shielded a bit from high winds down in the gulch. Aspens and Douglas firs also abound. Some of these tall trees have fallen across the trail and it was fun to duck under them.
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