Hiking in South Table Mountain in Golden, CO

Next stop is South Table mountain. If you had the time to read my previous post, this is the continuation of my adventure. After doing the free brewery tour at Coors Brewery, we went to do a little hike to the South Table mountain. It is a "mesa" on the eastern flank of the front range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. OMG that was a mouthful. To simplify it, The South table mountain is about 10 minutes away from the Coors Brewery. They are both located in Golden, CO.

It is a pretty mountain with a flat cap that is formed my ancient lava flows. It does look like a table when you see it down below, hence, the name south table mountain. (duh). We went in October so we saw some pretty colors from the trees and bushes surrounding the area.

Love my hiking shoes

This trail is labelled easy on Alltrails.com, it is a relatively short hike and would give you a wonderful view once you reach the top. For the first few minutes I thought it was really easy because the trail was well marked but as we started to make up way up to the top, our friend, Ted did the short-cut straight up to the mountain instead of following trail. I was slowly running out of breath, my body was slowly getting tired and I could hardly move my legs. I realized, I had 3 beers from the brewery tour before we did the hike. I kept going and followed our friend who was creating his own trail and I found myself crawling, holding on tot he bushes and tree roots just to get to the top. The elevation was killing me.

These yoga pants are very comfortable and made of thick material

 

 

After that little detour, they knew I needed something easier so we just followed the trail and then it was an easy breezy beautiful climb for me.

The view was priceless and I kept looking down and looking up while hiking up the mountain. It was indeed an easy trail and you would see older people hiking, biking and we said hi to adorable dogs.

After maybe 40 minutes, we reached the top and the view was stunning. We spent more time walking around, taking pictures and just enjoying the view. You could see the town of Golden, downtown Denver from afar and the Coors Brewery. I am so thankful to have been able to see this view and to even hike this mountain.   

Beautiful view

Behind the scenes feat my husbands Camelbak

I am wearing my moisture wicking shirt

Overall, the hike was easy enough for me not to die (lol), the view was beautiful and I would love to go back and to the hike again. If you are in good shape and you're used to the elevation, then this is a piece of cake. At the end of the day, I learned not to drink beer before doing a hike specially if you are not used to the elevation (Note to self).



Thank you guys for stopping by and checking out my blog. I wore a very comfortable outfit on this hike and if you want to check those out, I have the links below;

*Casual short sleeve quick dry top
*Yoga pants dry fit 
*Sugarpine hiking boots
 *Camelbak Lobo hydration pack


xoxo
jeramie