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Eldorado Canyon State Park has it all -- technical
rock climbing, streamside picnic areas and trails with panoramic
vistas -- all encompassed in a magnificant canyon setting. For technical
rocking climbing, Eldorado Canyon offers over 500 different routes.
Climbers from all over the world come to Eldorado Canyon to enjoy
some of the best climbing to be found. The beauty of this magnificent
canyon, with its variety of trails and lovely streamside picnic
areas, engages the non-climber, too. Eldorado Canyon offers hiking
trails for all abilities, rainbow and brook trout fishing, biking,
sightseeing, spectacular views and wildlife. Eldorado Canyon is
a day-use only park and does not offer camping.
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Hidden in the foothills southwest of Boulder is a jewel in the State
Park system, Eldorado Canyon. Massive rock formations rise abruptly
some 1,500 feet above the canyon floor and the sunlit, lichen- colored
walls remind one of actual gold!
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Rock Climbing: Over 500 different climbing routes! Seasonal raptor
closures are in effect throughout the year. Hiking: Trails are offered
for all abilities! Fishing: Rainbow and Brook Trout await your lure!
Biking: Trails for the beginning to experienced athlete! Sightseeing:
Spectacular views, wildlife & climbers!
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Directions (from Boulder) - Take Colorado 93 south from Boulder,
turn right on Colorado 170 and continue to the park entrance west
of Eldorado Springs, about eight miles southwest of Boulder. Directions
(from Denver) - Take I-25 North to State Highway 36, West towards
Boulder. Exit at "Golden -Superior" and turn South (left) at
the light. Take the first right (West) onto State Highway 170 fro
7.4 miles to Eldorado Canyon. Continue one mile through the canyon
to the visitors center.
Eldorado Canyon State Park
9 Kneale Road, Box B
Eldorado Springs, CO 80025
(303) 494-3943
eldorado.park@state.co.us
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