May 5, 2021
Fisher's Peak State Park in Colorado is so new, it hardly should be considered a park, just yet. It was created July 16, 2020, only a few years after the land was purchased by The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land.
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The park is a large one, including some 30 square miles. That's Fisher's Peak on the right of the overall mesa that forms the park.
There are a few jeep trails from when this was all ranchland, but no organized series of trails and certainly no visitor center. All that must come later.
A short "discovery trail" has been built, to give a visitor some idea of what might be possible. At the end of this short trail is a nice view of the peak as well as a sign-board that asks the visitor to share their ideas (using their phone's QR reader) as the new park is developed.
One of the jeep trails has been opened as the "challenge trail." It's only about two miles long (one-way as measured from the parking area), but it is rather unvarying in its steepness. A couple of benches might need to be on the next to-do list.
Those are the Spanish Mountains in the distance. The town of Trinidad is between here and there.
Here's a nice view of the Rocky Mountains from about half-way up the trail.
This sort of trail will need to be changed to something that won't be so susceptible to erosion, but for now, it's a pretty direct way up the hill.
This is as far as the trail goes. Well, actually, it does continue, but there's a gate that suggests the trail stops. Of course, the gate stands alone and there is no fence; so, for now, you could simply walk around it and continue.
Will there be a visitor center up here? Will there be developed trails that allow the visitor to stand on top of Fisher's Peak? I think all that has yet to be decided.
They have nearly a clean slate to work from; I think that Colorado will do a good job, and certainly, the Nature Conservancy will still be there, too.