COME TO LIFE | Denver Day Trips Day Trips Denver Evergreen Evergreen Use Denver as an easy hub for exploring the state and the outdoors just beyond the city limits. Acres of forest and open space surround this vibrant downtown, lined with galleries, boutiques, day spas, patio cafes and bistros. The foothills community boasts miles of year-round hiking and biking trails (pick up a trail map at the visitor center), plus Evergreen Lake is packed with ice skaters each winter and hosts a summer concert series, boaters and fishers. For a bit of history on the area, Hiwan Heritage Park holds an 1893 log lodge that’s now a museum with original and historic furnishings as well as Native American artwork. Drive: 40 minutes Continued on page 92. JONATHAN PHILLIPS. 90 1-800-COLORADO