Boulder Creek Path The bike path continues down the hill to the Boulder Creek Path. Just east along the creek path is a City bike “rest stop,” complete with a drinking fountain, interpretive signage about the creek fish resource, and integrated art work. Internationally-known landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., recommended to the City in 1910 that park land be created along Boulder Creek through the middle of town. In the 1980s the City built the Creek Path, and restored the fish habitat by pooling water behind rock weirs. The Creek Path extends from the mouth of Boulder Canyon to 55th Street, over seven miles, much of which winds through natural areas like the University property between 17th Street and Folsom Street. Continue east past the modern Boulder High School, which was founded in 1877 as the State Preparatory School to prepare young people wishing to enter the University of Colorado. The building today dates from 1937 and was designed by prominent Boulder architect Glen Huntington, with many subsequent additions. Huntington was the local architect for many of CU’s best known buildings, working in association with Charles Klauder of Philadelphia.
Boulder Creek Path
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