Horsethief Falls

The kids were with Grandma today, so I decided to play hooky from work so Stacey and I could go hiking together up to Horsethief Falls.  We dropped the kids off a little early and drove up past Divide to the west side of Pikes Peak.  The hike was a very easy 2.5 mile round trip. We could have added 4 more miles round trip if we had taken the detour up to pancake rocks, but we didn't have time.

The hike is perfect for little kids and older folks, like the group of about 20 retirees that we passed on the way down.  Almost all of the trail is shaded and follows a small creek and/or water most of the way.  This hike starts just below 10,000 feet in elevation but it gets you well above the 10,000 foot mark along the trail.  It would be a good place for some training runs.

The falls were bigger and prettier than these pictures show.  Most of them were taken at the top of the falls, since there really wasn't a good spot at the bottom for picture taking. With all the rain we've gotten this spring and early summer, there was plenty of water rushing by us at the top.