Walk With a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge and Triceratops Trail
Dinosaur Ridge Trail
Tour Dates & Times
Saturday, 5/10 – 9:30am-12:00pm – Sign Up Here
Saturday, 5/24 – 9:30am-12:00pm – Sign Up Here
Ready to really nerd out with a deep dive into the geology and paleontology at Dino Ridge? Our Walk With a Geologist tour is a 2.5-hour (1.5 mile) guided walk across Dinosaur Ridge led by a professional or highly knowledgeable amateur geologist. In addition to the interpretation of the dinosaur track and fossil sites, the tour includes an in-depth discussion of the geology and changes to the Denver area through time. Designed for participants ages 16 and older.
Learn how Colorado and North America fit into a global pattern of movements with the assembly of the supercontinent Pangea that allowed world-wide migration of dinosaurs resulting in the dispersal of fossils found today.
Tour Specifics
- $28 per person
- Ages 16 and older
- 2.5 hours
- Tour departs from the Main Visitor Center at 16831 W. Alameda Parkway
- Admission to the Exhibit Hall included
- Tour may be called off for active precipitation, temps below 32 degrees, severe winds, or lack of registrations.
- Appropriate attire: comfortable shoes, sun hats, sunglasses, removable clothing (windbreakers, fleeces, etc…)
- Bring drinking water!
Minimum of 2, maximum of 13 participants
Meeting Location:
16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO 80465
Located off C-470 at the Alameda Parkway exit. Parking is free. Please check in inside the Gift Shop.
Walk with a Geologist at Triceratops Trail is a 2-hour guided walking tour of Triceratops Trail in Golden, Colorado. The 1.5-mile, gravel hiking trail winds between vertical walls of sandstone into reclaimed clay pits. A professional or knowledgeable amateur geologist leads the tour and highlights the many viewable dinosaur tracks, fossils, and impressions. Participants meet in the parking lot located one block east of 6th Avenue and 19th Street in Golden, to begin the walk. This tour is designed for participants ages 16 and older.
Triceratops Trail features numerous dinosaur tracks including a large three-toed Tyrannosaur track and several four-toed Triceratops tracks! The tracks and traces are very different from those at Dinosaur Ridge, and date to the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, 68 million years ago.
Near the end of the trail at the edge of Hole #13 of the Fossil Trace Golf Course, a vertical sandstone wall is covered with large palm frond impressions, evidence of the Late Cretaceous climate of Colorado. This wet area was covered with palms, magnolia, and sycamore trees, and even low-lying ferns and herbs.
Participants provide their own transportation to Triceratops Trail in Golden, CO.
Tour Specifics
- $28 per person
- Ages 16 and older
- 2 hours
- Admission to the Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur Ridge Main Visitor Center is included
- Tour may be called off for active precipitation, temps below 32 degrees, severe winds or lack of registrations
- Appropriate attire: comfortable shoes, sun hats, sunglasses, removable clothing (windbreakers, fleeces, etc.)
- Bring drinking water!
Minimum of 2, maximum of 13 participants
Meeting Location
6th Avenue and 19th Street in Golden, Colorado
Park in the Colorado School of Mines Parking Lot A (In Google Maps, search for Jones Road Lot-A)