The Jeanne Golay trail, formerly known as Red Mountain Trail, climbs to the top of Red Mountain.

Red Mountain is where the Glenwood Springs cross is located — a shining beacon from Thanksgiving through New Years located high above town.  The Jeanne Golay Trail is a hiking and biking trail that is about 3 miles long.  Like most hikes in Glenwood Springs (except the Glenwood Canyon Bike Path) the hike is all uphill to the top and all downhill on the return.  It is moderately steep.

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The Jeanne Golay trail is popular with locals for several reasons:

1. Pets: one of the few trails you can take a dog.
2. Both hiking and Biking
3. Wide gravel trail (with some cars accessing their houses at the top, but rarely  seen) with a steeper singletrack running down the middle that is appropriate for a thriling downhill ride or a higher intensity hike up.
4. The trail is well maintained
5. The trail is named after a famous Glenwood Springs cyclist, who has also helped maintain and develop the trail

Map and Directions for the Jeanne Golay Trailhead and trail

Here is a video of the view about 1/2 of the way up:

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