Placards on the Morrison Loop trail tell us that the fins are not bone but sandstone. Science, which so rudely interrupts the thrilling buried-devil folklore with its stark facts, is amazing in its own right.
Hawks and golden eagles circle the skies. Deer are plentiful here on the brushy hillsides. It makes for a good walk, too, if you are prepared to step out the bikers’ way. The northern end, without the backbone’s vertebrae, is popular with mountain bikers who roar along under the cresting wave of red rock. The more ambitious can explore to their lungs’ content. Most people are content to start at the south end and hike one or two of the loops, climbing up to the backbone’s fins, walking along them to catch the view of this geologic wonder and the peaks beyond.
Four of these make narrow loops giving a change of scene.
If a person were to walk the length of it they would cover more than nine miles, connecting five named trails. One of Larimer County’s Open Spaces, the long and mostly narrow wild park stretches along one of the ridges of the Colorado foothills. The burial site can be found just west of Loveland, Colorado on Highway 34, about an hour south of Cheyenne. Chilling? Creepy? Actually it’s a fine spring hike or bike, for you, the kids and the dog. You can walk beside it, touching the sides of his massive vertebrae. “Some of my big-picture goals is how can we get more people outside to access benefits of the outdoors and how can we talk about how spending time outside really benefits our own mental health and well being,” she told the Daily Progress.The devil is buried. “We really wanted to try and export that experience that we had watching people take on this adventure and transform and be able to make that more accessible to more people and share that adventure with a wider audience,” Hayes Humphries, COO of Devils Backbone, told the Daily Progress.Īlong the way, Musselman is sharing tips, tricks and valuable lessons on safe and responsible outdoor living. Through their Heartland Initiative, the company is investing in the environment through donations, volunteer work and sustainable initiatives - including championing the great outdoors. Add Changing America to your Facebook or Twitter feed to stay on top of the news.ĭevils Backbone Brewing Company, named for a region of the Alps where the founders first tried craft beer, is sponsoring her trip, which Musselman is broadcasting through the company’s social media channels. Our country is in a historic fight against the Coronavirus. I’ve always wanted to thru-hike the and I thought why not do it in 2021, this year would be the perfect year to do that,” Virginia-native Kristen Musselman told the Nelson County Times. “The big thing that appealed to me was getting to spend more time at my own roots. Welcome to DB, Chief Hiking Officer! We’ve been waiting for you! ⛰ /i1k3Dlv0rD OFFICIAL UNVEILS PLAN TO TURN NEW YORK CITY INTO WIND ENERGY MANUFACTURING HUBĬhosen from a pool of more than a 1,000 applicants, the CHO has already been on the road for six weeks, hiking the hundreds of miles of trails along the East Coast, although time is running out - the position only lasts for six months. MAJOR ELECTRIC COMPANIES URGE BIDEN TO CUT EMISSIONS 80 PERCENT WITHIN 10 YEARSĪLL NEW US VEHICLES COULD BE REQUIRED TO BE ELECTRIC BY 2035, NEW STUDY SAYS The sudden switch to remote working during the coronavirus pandemic has lent itself to travel - even if the state of the world does not - and the Chief Hiking Officer (CHO) for Devils Backbone is making the most of it.