Distance: 3.5 miles Rating: Via Sanitas Valley trail - difficult After making it through a long, cold, and miserable winter, we Coloradans were rewarded with early summer-like weather in March. For those who aren't from around here, March tends to be our snowiest month, so when the temperatures hit the lower 70's, I started to get pretty excited! So, I dusted off the hiking boots and headed up to the Boulder area for my first warm-up hike (think of it almost like my pre-season...). The Mt. Sanitas loop is a part of Boulder's extensive foothills trail system and provides some great views of the Flatirons to the south and the Indian Peaks to the west. Despite being only about three and a half miles in length, this trail can be quite challenging regardless of the route
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