Intro - Red Rocks Amphitheater is a large concert complex near the foothills outside Denver. It is open to the public every day except when a concert is scheduled (a couple times a week in the summer). Upon arriving here, you will instantly see breathtaking views of downtown Denver, lakes, jagged sandstone outcroppings, and mountains. Red Rocks is solid rock, dirt, and concrete so leave your purse at home because you won't be making any soft landings here. It can get pretty hot in the bottom areas because of the materials and sometimes windy at the top due to the natural land formation. While visiting, you might even be lucky enough to spot falcons, skunks, foxes, rattlesnakes, deer, and other wildlife. Here at Red Rocks you will find obstacles of all types, shapes, and sizes.
What’s Here?- The complex can be split into five zones; courtyard, restaurant, stage, south of the stage, and the amphitheater seating. All five zones offer unique obstacles suitable for all levels of traceurs. The courtyard offers many walls and rails to vault, two huge cat leaps, and kong precisions. The restaurant has many stair sets, drops, a huge same level cat leap, and a very nice near vertical giant rock for wall running. Highlights of the stage include many climbing opportunities and tons of rails. This whole area is covered, making for a perfect backup plan if it starts to rain. South of the stage you will find many more walls for vaulting and climbing, cat leaps, gaps, drops, and many precisions suitable for everyone from beginners to the suicidal. Finally, the audience seating area offers tons of slanted rails, stair sets, small cat leaps, precisions, and about 150 giant seating rows for the fitness fanatic to keep in top shape with. There are also small tidbits of parkour opportunities all over that aren't in these zones. Oh yeah, did I mention the countless opportunities for natural parkour on the boulders and rock formations?
Supplies - It's a good idea to bring your own water, food, and anything else you like to have while training. The only supplies you will find within walking distance of this place are in the visitor's center. There is a small snack bar and a sit down restaurant. The bathrooms and water fountains are always available and there is also a gift shop and museum in the building. Unfortunately, you must trek up the hundreds of stairs to access these facilities if you happened to be training in the bottom part of the area.
Other Inhabitants - Due to the semi-remote location, you need not worry about your safety from other people. There are always other tourists, exercisers, and employees around which makes for a safe environment.
Other attractions -Red Rocks Amphitheater is an outstanding hotspot to experience. You could spend a whole day here and not even session half the place. In fact, you could spend half a day here without even doing any PK because this place is such a great tourist attraction complete with tours, a gift shop, restaurant, museum, views, hiking trails, and unbelievable rock climbing/bouldering (technically a $999 fine or 180 days in jail consequence but they can’t and never enforce this). The only drawbacks to this hotspot are the lack of easily accessed supplies and semi-remote location. With good weather, little security, no safety issues, and tons of places to parkour, Red Rocks is possibly one of the most complete single areas for parkour I have seen in real life or video. Suggested Route - Try this run … start off at the XXXXX and head for the YYYYY when you get to the ZZZ goto for the big cat to get to WWWWWW. Rating – On the Wood-Rock Parkour rating scale red rocks has runs anywhere from a 5-5 to an 8-1. The overall rating is a 10 for variety as every type of basic movement can be done here on a variety of different obstacles. The Man - There are a couple employees who are always aimlessly wandering around the park but they are highly unlikely to bother you. The only people you have to worry about are pesky tourists scolding you about putting yourself in danger. Also, during the summer, there are concerts here a couple days a week so these days are sometimes off limits and the stage part is closed once in a while the day before or after while they are setting up or taking the set down. Just ignore the staff and don't go anywhere that is closed for the day and they'll ignore you. Address- Red Rocks Park Morrison, CO 80465
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