This morning Sierra and I headed down into Wyoming for a day in both Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado. Our first stop was the beautiful Curt Gowdy State Park between Cheyenne and Laramie. I've been out to Curt Gowdy before. In fact, we've hiked to Hidden Falls before. However, this time we would hike a loop on both the Hidden Falls Trail and the Mo' Rocka Trail.
We arrived at the trailhead parking lot and hit the trail. It was already pretty warm at just after 9:30. Right off the bat there's a nice view of a small section of the Granite Springs Reservoir.
From my reading I learned that the Mo' Rocka section of the hike is more in the open than the Hidden Falls part. Since temperatures were expected to rise into the mid-90s by the afternoon in Cheyenne, I opted to hike Mo' Rocka first.
The defining feature of this part of the hike were the awesome views of the rock formation known as "the Chameleon." As we made our way towards and around the monolith, the look of it changed a bit. Perhaps this is how it got its name.
Just before starting our descent down into the canyon where Crow Creek flows through Hidden Falls, there's a nice overlook of the canyon and interesting rock formations.
We arrived at Hidden Falls to a couple groups of people enjoying the cool, misty air. I spent a bit of time wading through the creek to get to a nice view of the falls.
Then we made our way back to the trailhead via the mostly shady Hidden Falls Trail. We encountered a lot of people heading to the falls as we made our way out.
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