May 2009 Ralston Creek Trail from the top

The last time I rode Ralston Creek I noticed there was a RTD bus stop up at the top of the trail. At the time I was riding up Ralston and down Clear Creek but I made a note to investigate the bus route. It was RTD route 52 and it only makes 10 runs up there a day. Three in the morning, seven in the afternoon. In the morning RTD arrives there at 6:20, 6:51 & 7:19 AM so you'd need to get up really early to get there in the AM. In the afternoon the first run stops at 3:48 PM so for this trip, that's the one I took. I left Denver @ 2:42 PM. plot your route here:
http://www.rtd-denver.com/

Here we are at W 64th & Virgil Way. Turn right when you get to Violet Way.Good ol' Rocky Mountains. Go East bound on this trail off Violet way.
Then you hit the Ralston, watch out for Coyotes. They're harmless despite what you hear.

There is some single track but it belongs to the equines.
I don't care, I rode that single track but would have yielded to horses.
Tunnel.
More single track.
Some rough
Some smooth
Some through neighborhoods, watch the signs.



Nice and green.
Ralston Creek.

Weeping Willow trees along Ralston.
When you hit the white bridge the trail merges with the Clear Creek Trail.
That's the Clear Creek Trail.There's Clear Creek.I saw a Dinosaur along Clear Creek. It was on the roof of a gas station.
This is the diversion for Fisher Ditch.Here's my dead tree friend near the diversion for Fisher Ditch. I always stop to say hi.Clear Creek.
Clear Creek Trail goes all the way to the Platte River but you can catch a bus as the creek passes certain roads. I got off the Clear Creek Trail at Federal Avenue near W60th st and caught an RTD 31 bus towards downtown.
Then I transferred to a bus to take me home. I could have also gotten off at Washington street & caught a #7 to downtown. You can also ride to the Platte and follow the Platte back to Denver. Ralston > Clear creek is a 4 star ride.