Clear view! When they built this skate park the trees were freshly planted. .. you could sit on the hillside or in your car and read while your kid skated. No worries about the bigger kids pushing the little ones around and off the ramps. Not today. .. the trees are over-grown and the ramps are shielded from most of the adult view. This skate park is in a great hood, but teenagers will be teenagers! So, as with everywhere you go, watch your little ones. Trails is a well-maintained skate park connected to a recreation center in a great part of town.
Sherri K.
Place rating: 4 Denver, CO
Now this is a skate park. This recreation center has state of the art everything and is lucky enough to have an expansive space. The skate park is isolated from the rec center and just as spacious. It appears to have been sectioned off by skill level. The farthest North section is comprised of 4 small but good depth beginner bowls, and a couple short ramps with short rails. This is a great area to practice basic skills and get your confidence up. The other two areas are actually quite challenging and appear to be out of the amateur range. They look like blue/black runs look to me on the slopes. The bowls are deep, the ramps are steep and the rails are long and have differing grades and levels. The speed is high and actually looks a bit dangerous. My 5 yr old spent most of his time in the beginner bowl area, and then ventured to the middle section, but never ventured into the danger zone. It looked like a great place to film a documentary on skateboarding which moves from beginners to advanced/expert level skateboarders. My biggest concern was: not one child had on a helmet except for my son and this is literally an accident waiting to happen.