{"id":4387,"date":"2013-07-30T07:36:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2013-10-09T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T16:41:51","slug":"caribou-ranch-open-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulder County, Caribou Ranch Open Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5873\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4402\" alt=\"IMG_5873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5873-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5873-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5873-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Caribou Ranch is located between Nederland and the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The 2,151 acres of Caribou Ranch offers a variety of landscapes to explore including wetlands, meadows, streams and forests between 8,300 and 10,000 feet in elevation.<\/p>\n<p>The hike itself was short and sweet, with less than 3 miles traveled round trip, with the morning mountain air keeping me cool that majority of the way. The primary feature of the trail is the Delonde Homestead, which was used in the filming of the 1965 movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061024\/\">Stagecoach<\/a> staring Bing Crosby. For me, this short hike was all about the wild flowers which dominated the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4387 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5896bw\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5896bw-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5896bw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5896bw-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4404'>\n\t\t\t\tRealxin&#8217; on the porch, old school\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5876\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5876-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5876-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5876-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4403'>\n\t\t\t\tSome seemed angry\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5872\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5872-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5872-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5872-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4401'>\n\t\t\t\tDaisys\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5864\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5864-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5864-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5864-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4398'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle trumpets announcing the king and queen\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5861\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5861-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5861-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5861-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4397'>\n\t\t\t\tBusy bee at work\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5850\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5850-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5850-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5850-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4396'>\n\t\t\t\tMy favorite flower of the day (unknown)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5908\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5908-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5890-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4392'>\n\t\t\t\tI was being watched while snacking\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5889\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5889-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5889-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5889-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4391'>\n\t\t\t\tDelonde Homestead\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5886\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5886-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5886-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5886-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4390'>\n\t\t\t\tA squirrel pondering his life\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5884\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5884-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5884-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5884-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4389'>\n\t\t\t\tLots of flowers = lots of insects\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5878\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5878-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5878-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5878-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4388'>\n\t\t\t\tDelonde Homestead from a distance\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/caribou-ranch-open-space\/img_5909\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4394\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4394\" alt=\"IMG_5909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-1024x350.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-1024x350.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-190x65.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-60x20.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5909-400x137.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribou Ranch is located between Nederland and the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The 2,151 acres of Caribou Ranch offers a variety of landscapes to explore including wetlands, meadows, streams and forests between 8,300 and 10,000 feet in elevation. The hike itself was short and sweet, with less than 3 miles&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[218,34,104],"tags":[102,217,36],"class_list":["post-4387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-by-state","category-hike","category-other-places","tag-colorado","tag-flowers","tag-hike-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_5873.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9livM-18L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}