Looking to escape the front range heat, try Hermit Park. Take Highway 36 towards Estes Park, and just a few miles past the Lions Gulch Trailhead you will come to Hermit Park, another great Larimer County purchase. The entrance to the park is on your left and requires a $6.00 fee.
Drive up the road as it switch backs for about 3 miles to the end of the dirt road. You will pass cabins that you can rent and a campground. Future plans include a horse campground, but it is slow to materialize. So, if you enjoy this area please mail or call Larimer County and put some fuel into this fire.
There are two parking space for rigs. Tack up and ride through the gate for about 1-mile to the Roosevelt National Forest access. There you will hit an old logging road that will gradually climb up to beautiful meadows, old homesteads and an old sawmill. There is a spring for watering your horse at the first homestead. This trail connects to Lions Gulch but lacks all the rocks so to me it is worth the $6.00 to park.
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