This easy hike in Waterton Lakes National Park gives you just that. The hike is less than a kilometre long and takes you through a breathtaking red rock canyon, filled with clear water.

Waterton Canyon The scenery here turns spectacular fast. Although the wide trail — which doubles as a road for Denver Water — is often packed with mountain bikers and hikers, dogs aren't allowed.

A stone's throw from Denver, the first segment of the Colorado Trail takes you up a semi-accessible dirt road from Littleton into Waterton Canyon and on to the epic, 200-some-feet-high Strontia ...