The Doudy Draw Trail provides hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders with one of the best Flatiron and Eldorado Canyon views available. The trail cuts through typical front range grassland, rises through a Ponderosa Pine forest to reveal snowcapped peaks and eventually dead ends at the Flatirons Vista Trailhead. This is a dog-friendly trail and leash laws do apply.

Looking south at the Front Range from the Doudy Draw Trailhead

Early morning on the Doudy Draw Trail

Clouds roll in over Eldorado Canyon and Chautauqua Park

Spring brings a variety of wildflowers to the Front Range

The Spring Brook Loop painted in brilliant pastels

The Doudy Draw provides a small window through Eldorado Canyon to the Indian Peaks

Heading south on the newly designated Spring Brook Trail

Views and perspective improve as you rise toward the mesa top

Looking south from the the Flatirons Vista mesa

Front Range panoramas accompany each step of the Doudy Draw

The Spring Brook Loop

The Spring Brook Loop passes through intervals of ponderosa forest and open space