This is one of my favorite day hikes around the Denver area. If you start on Alameda Pkwy and head up past the radio tower at mile 1, your done with most of the vertical gain, and you can hit the 2 mile summit in around an hour depending on your pace. The overall gain is 700 ft, but there are some ups and downs which add to the actual gain.
On this trip we came back down the Green Mountain Trail, however there is a turnoff for the John H. Hayden trail (in blue) which offers a different view and a slightly more interesting (although a bit longer) hike for the return trip. Overall distance is ~4 miles.
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Once you make it to the radio tower you're rewarded with incredible views of the Denver plateau and the surrounding towns of Golden, Morrison and the hogbacks and flatirons. The city looks amazing from up here. If you continue on to the summit you gain an impressive and unobstructed view of the frontrange.
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