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Golden brewery with amazing views connected to North Table Mountain hiking

Here's your plan for hiking into a brewery in Golden with amazing mountain views

Hike into a Brewery 🥾🍻

Enjoy breathtaking mountain and skyline views while hiking the Cottonwood Canyon Trail at North Table Mountain Park, starting just 20 minutes from downtown Denver.

Hiking

✅ Before you go
• Check All trails to plan your perfect trail https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/cottoneood-canyon-trail-via-fairmont-canal-trail?sh=hhgsnh 

💪 Pro tips
• You can adjust trail mileage by turning around early or connecting into other trails on the mountain
• You can start the hike at New Terrain but parking can sometimes be a pain

Hike Cottonwood Canyon Trail

Visit New Terrain Brewing in Golden for craft beers, music events, and food trucks in a dog-friendly setting near a bike park.

Brewery Visit

✅ Before you go
• Check their website for fun events, rotating drafts and food truck schedules https://newterrainbrewing.com

💪 Pro tips
• Dog friendly!
• They have seltzers too
• There’s also a bike park nearby

Grab Drinks at New Terrain Brewing

It doesn't get more quintessential Denver than hiking directly into a brewery. 

I found the perfect combo with big mountain views. Start by

taking the Cottonwood Canyon trail. With mountain and skyline vistas,

It's only gonna get better as spring blooms. After,

follow the Colorado open space trail to new terrain.

delicious food trucks are out back and the views are immaculate. 

Highly recommend the live music Thursdays in the beer garden.

When you've had your fill, It's a short walk down the road to your car.

Share this video to plan your next group outing.

Enjoy yoga in the gardens at sunset accompanied by live music and a post class picnic. 

Here's your plan for yoga at sunset with live violin music and a relaxing picnic afterward

Vinyasa, Violins and Vino 

Enjoy a sunset Vinyasa yoga class with live music at Denver Botanic Gardens, then unwind with a BYO picnic and wine in the gorgeous garden setting.

Garden Yoga

✅ Before you go
• Reserve your spot online at https://www.botanicgardens.org/events/special-events

💪 Pro tips
• BYOB and picnic! 

Yoga in the Gardens 

I'm back with another unique yoga offering that is sure to help you relax,

and enjoy a picnic in our beautiful gardens.

Head to the Denver Botanic Gardens for their Vinyasa,

This class is set in the middle of the gardens,

You'll be taken through an hour-long Vinyasa yoga class at Sunset,

This class is the ultimate way to unwind at the end of a long workday.

roll up your yoga mat and roll out your picnic

blanket to enjoy some wine as the sun goes down.

Looking to level up your cake decorating skills? Sign up for a class at Cake Crafts!

Here's your plan for learning piping techniques, stacking, frosting, and decorating a vintage heart cake

Cake Decorating Class 🍰

Take a cake decorating class at Cake Crafts North in Westminster, then browse supplies to recreate your creations at home. Perfect for beginners!

Cake Decorating Class

✅ Before you go
• Register for your class here (spots fill up quick): https://cakecraftsdenver.com/pages/decorating-classes

💪 Pro tips
• If you enjoy the class, grab some cake decorating tools on your way out from their store

Alex’s Pro Tips

Have you ever wanted to design and decorate your own cake?

but Cake Crafts hosts an assortment of regular decorating classes.

you'll have some time to browse around the store,

which has anything you may need for cake decorating.

The vintage heart cake class began with a piping lesson with a

walkthrough of 4 unique piping tips and different techniques for each.

and added some red chocolate candies to give the full vintage heart cake effect.

Our instructor then helped us box our cakes up for the drive home.

decorating skills before cutting it into to enjoy.

The cake was delicious and the class itself was great for a beginner level.

Sign up for an upcoming cake decorating class to make your own tasty masterpiece!

Hike Dinosaur Ridge & grab a nearby coffee for a perfect summer day in Golden

Here's your plan for hiking Dinosaur Ridge trails, spotting fossils, and enjoying a creative latte nearby

Hike with the Dinosaurs 🦖🦕

Explore Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, where you can hike among real dinosaur tracks and fascinating geologic features on a scenic, educational trail.

Hiking Dinosaur Ridge

✅ Before you go
• This is the trail I did:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/dinosaur-ridge-and-dakota-ridge-trail?sh=axinm2&utm_medium=trail_share&utm_source=alltrails_virality

💪 Pro tips
• Bring water, it’s getting hot!
• I was able to find street parking no problem. There’s also a nearby visitor center you can park at 

Hike Dinosaur Ridge

Sip a creative latte like the pistachio coconut at SOGO Beans and Boards, a skateboard-themed café in Golden. Perfect refreshment after your hike!

Coffee at SOGO

✅ Before you go
• Check out their menu: https://sogocoffee.com

💪 Pro tips
• I recommend the pistachio coconut latte!

Grab a latte at SOGO

you can hike where the dinosaurs once roamed.

you'll spot incredible geologic features and over 300 real fossil tracks.

It's ranked the number one dinosaur track site in the US!

You'll link up with the Dakota Ridge Trail,

which takes you to sweeping views of Golden.

I ended my hike in a field of wild flowers,

but you can keep going if you're up for more adventure.

a skateboard themed coffee shop serving up creative lattes.

For gorgeous views of the Denver skyline and the Rockies behind, take a unique, history-filled tour of a historic air traffic control tower. 

Here's your plan for touring a historic air traffic control tower and enjoying food, drinks, and games

Historic Flight Control Tower Tour 🛩️ 🕰️

FlyteCo Tower offers a restaurant, coffee bar, cocktails, and arcade games—perfect for relaxing, grabbing a drink, and soaking up stylish aviation vibes after your tower tour.

Eat and drink

💪 Pro tips
• People rave about the matcha drinks at Panda Coffee House within the tower. Check out their latest seasonal drinks! 
• Booking the tour gets you a free drink at FlyteCo Tower’s bar with their signified by a wristband. Recommend getting your drink after the tour so you aren’t carrying a cup flights of stairs!

Grab a bite or drink and check out FlyteCo Tower

Climb 11 stories up the historic Stapleton Air Traffic Control Tower for a guided tour featuring Denver skyline and Rocky Mountains views. Online booking required.

Air Traffic Control Tower Tour

✅ Before you go
• Bookings are online here: https://flytecotower.com/tower-tours
• You must be physically capable of climbing 11 stories of stairs

Take a tour of the Stapleton Air Traffic Control Tower

historic Stapleton Air Traffic Control Tower Tour.

Then finish out your solo or bestie date with the

sleek restaurant slash bar slash arcade at its base.

You can check out the trendy air travel related decor.

Be prepared to climb lots of stairs and there will be breaks to look at pictures.

It was crazy to see the surrounding area,

which used to be an airfield with hundreds of planes landing on it daily.

you will get to the top of the tower with these great views of Denver and the Rockies

Try to see major landmarks like the Flatirons or Red Rocks;

you'll see signs in the direction they're supposed to be in.

but what really kept capturing my eye was the city skyline.

What's really cool is that this tour is on the newer

side and so you might be commemorated on a nice plaque.

Say “hi” to the Denver cityscape for me!