Recreation: Hiking in North Cheyenne Canyon

Time for my second post.  So today my husband and I went hiking as we enjoy doing.  It was about 4 miles hiking up and down upper gold camp road to seven bridges trail and then up trail 622 until we reach the white aspens.  We normally pack a lunch of Subway sandwiches and sit down by the stream to enjoy a nice meal together.  It is lovely this time of year; but I really look forward to hiking there for the first time this fall with all the leaves changing.  The mountain stream through the canyon is beautiful and has many waterfalls.  It is incredibly peaceful.  Our dog Hoeffer, a Havanese, loves the hikes and runs around the trails and up the steep hills.  Next weekend, we are hoping to climb Mount Rosa and then Pikes Peak soon after.  There isn't much time left to the hiking season.  Supposedly the first snowfall around here is in October so it doesn't give us much time.  Most people don't really train for Pikes Peak, but my husband wants to make sure we are ready for the trip.  Pikes Peak is 13.something miles up bar trail and then back down.  It has the greatest elevation change of an of Colorado's 14-ers even though it is not Colorado's tallest mountain.  So it will definitely be difficult, but lots of people do it. So I guess will just have to give it a try and see how we do!