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“We literally get run over”: Golden Gate Canyon State Park braces for another busy leaf-peeping season

The fall foliage is stupendous (but the crowds are horrendous)

Golden aspen will frame views of the Continental Divide at Golden Gate Canyon State Park when leaf-peeping season begins this year. The change is expected to begin around Sept. 23 and run through mid-October. (Bridget O'Rourke, Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Golden aspen will frame views of the Continental Divide at Golden Gate Canyon State Park when leaf-peeping season begins this year. The change is expected to begin around Sept. 23 and run through mid-October. (Bridget O’Rourke, Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 13 : Denver Post's John Meyer on Monday, January 13, 2014. (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
By | jmeyer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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"We're the closest backcountry experience to Denver. You can get up here in an hour and be out in the backcountry. We have certainly been discovered."
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