Come & visit in the foothills of the Rockies! Lovely quiet, smoke-free apartment in residential neighborhood in Golden Colorado at the base of Lookout Mountain. Large 1-bedrm apt: living room with fireplace, small kitchen, bathroom & private entrance. Golden Short-Term Rental License #BCA-45131 Fully furnished large 1-bedroom apartment: living room with fireplace, small kitchen and bathroom, and private entrance. Kitchen has all amenities: dishes, cookware, coffeemaker and microwave. Guest has private washer & dryer in apartment. Free wi-fi and Roku on the Visio TV. Plenty of on-street parking directly in front of house. Apartment is across from open space and neighborhood park where elk, fox, bobcat, and coyote sightings are a regular occurrence; and 1/2 mile from base of Apex Open Space Park for mountain biking and hiking. Two miles to downtown "old town" Golden and a mile from Morrison exit of I-70, and 2 miles to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Summit County with the best skiing in the world--is only an hour away and downtown Denver is 20 to 30 minutes straight down 6th avenue. Jump on the light rail from Golden to downtown Denver (look up the "W" Line on the RTD website) to get into the heart of Lodo in 40 minutes. The Golden light rail station is a mile from my apartment. Come and enjoy the foothills of the Rockies! WHAT TO DO IN GOLDEN COLORADO Golden is a great place to vacation all year round! Check out the Guidebook (upper right hand corner of this listing) for some links to vacation ideas . . . restaurants, shopping and dining….and the Coors Brewery Tour! CRAFT BEER Did you know that Golden is a craft beer destination? Microbreweries are popping up like mushrooms! We now have 8 great microbreweries in Golden! Check out my house manual for recommendations and insider tips for visiting our microbreweries. Guests have free use of the house growler to bring home some local brew while visiting. Here's the list: • Cannonball Creek Brewing Company • Barrels and Bottles Brewery • Mountain Toad Brewery • Golden City Brewing • New Terrain Brewing Company • Over Yonder Brewing Company • Holidaily Brewing Company (Gluten Free) • Coda Brewing Company CYCLING Golden is a hotbed of cycling for all types of cyclists—from beginners to pros AND from mountain and BMX to road bikers!! And we take our procycling seriously—Golden hosted stages for the two USA Procycling in Challenge Races in 2011 and 2012! LOCAL CYCLING: go for a ride up Lookout Mountain—which sits right above the Foothills of the Rockies apartment. It’s a ten minute ride to the base of Lookout from the apartment. It usually takes me 40 minutes to ride up Lookout—compared to the record 14 minutes for the pros! What will your time be? MOUNTAIN BIKING Want to mountain bike instead? The world famous Apex trail trailhead is ½ mile from my Air B&B apartment. Check out the excellent single track at 7000 feet with a great view of Denver and the foothills from the top. KAYAKING Did somebody say kayaking—we’ve got one of the best white water kayaking parks right in downtown Golden! ROCK CLIMBING Kayaking not your thing?—want to rock climb instead? Excellent rock climbing is available within 5 miles of the apartment on North Table Mountain in Golden! MOTOCROSS If something with a motor is more your thing—Thunder Valley Motocross Park is just down the street. OUTDOOR CONCERTS And if you want to just kickback and enjoy a concert at world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre—check it out—2 miles from the Air B&B apartment. You could ride your bike there –I always do! But be ready for the altitude—‘cause you’re already at 6250 feet when you leave the driveway of the house! SKIING The “Foothills of the Rockies” Apartment is 1 hour from the best skiing in the world! Check out the Arapahoe Basin webcams for the latest snow conditions—and I mean the latest—cause their live webcams! No matter what you do for fun--its all here for you-- nearby the "Foothills of the Rockies" apartment. I'm looking forward to hosting you! Guests have a private entrance to the apartment and may come and go as they please. I am very respectful of my guest's privacy. Some folks like to chat more than others and I'm totally good with that. I am happy to provide guests with tips on where to eat and hike in the area. And even where to rent a bike in town. I usually follow the lead of my guests in terms of how much communication that would like to have. I do prefer that my guests let me know in advance of when they will be checking in and checking out; that way I can make my plans accordingly. I love that I can hike, literally from my front door; and cycle some pretty challenging climbs within minutes of my house. Golden is a very friendly place --with the feel of a small mountain town but only 15 minutes from downtown Denver. The West Line Light Rail Station in Golden (called Jefferson County Gov't Center) is a mile from the apartment, so guests can catch it at Union Station in Downtown Denver and book the FlexRide Bus from the station to my front door for $3.00 extra. This bus runs every day except Sundays. So if you don't have a car--that's no problem. Bike rentals are readily available at Peak Cycles in downtown Golden. We have a rate sheet for Peak Cycles available in the apartment for guest use. For guests who like to walk, one can take our local paved walking trails from the end of the block all the way to downtown Golden in 45 minutes (3 miles one way).