Running, Cycling, Hiking and Climbing in the Pikes Peak Region

Crazy question...

I run barefoot, yes I said barefoot..I live out on Schriever and am getting bored with the run can anyone recommend a place that is relatively smooth? I mean not completely rock covered? LOL

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Permalink Reply by Brian McCarrie on October 15, 2010 at 8:29pm

There's the Pikes Peak Greenway/Santa Fe Trail along Monument Valley Creek. You can access it downtown or at Woodemen Rd. It's dirt with some small rocks. Let us know how your search turns out.

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Permalink Reply by Wade Genova on October 15, 2010 at 8:38pm

I was getting ready to recommend the same trail. I run it often starting from Woodmen and heading north into the Air Force Academy property. I have run some of it barefoot and the surface is perfect.

Brian McCarrie said:

There's the Pikes Peak Greenway/Santa Fe Trail along Monument Valley Creek. You can access it downtown or at Woodemen Rd. It's dirt with some small rocks. Let us know how your search turns out.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Bergsten on October 15, 2010 at 8:45pm

Hey Nora! Thanks for posting. I'm going to assume that you're good to go on streets and sidewalks.
For smooth gravel, it'll be a bit of a drive for you, but you can run for miles on Gold Camp Road. Park in the lot about 1/2-mile above Helen Hunt Falls in Cheyenne Canyon. Also, the Garden of the Gods (yeah, there are a lot of rocks) has some sidewalks and some smooth gravel trails. And Rampart Range Road (begins near Balanced Rock) is smooth gravel. And since you are living out east, I would suggest finding a nice gravel road east of town. I grew up near Calhan and there is something to be said for prairie sunrises and sunsets.