Spruce Canyon Trail, Mesa Verde National Park

This hike has more to do with seeing a small canyon carved by a stream and getting to the bottom of it and back, crossing several tiny bridges along the way and stepping through very tall grasses at.....  more

This hike has more to do with seeing a small canyon carved by a stream and getting to the bottom of it and back, crossing several tiny bridges along the way and stepping through very tall grasses at.....  more »

Everyone seems to take the petroglyphs trail, but we don't like crowds so we took the trail less traveled. After a long and pretty steep descent along a number of switchbacks, the trail levels out... 

Everyone seems to take the petroglyphs trail, but we don't like crowds so we took the trail less traveled. After a long and pretty steep descent along a number of switchbacks, the trail levels out...  more »