Primarily, it’s not a true orbital trail. More like a suggestion of one. Segment 26 of the trail sounded like an ideal outing for a group of adventure writers to meet up for an urban hike.

Urban Hikers Can Circle the City on the 177-Mile Denver Orbital Trail After moving to Denver, Michael Tormey realized how many hiking paths criss-cross the city, and he created a loop for urban ...

Mike Tormey created the Denver Orbital Trail map as a way to get people outside close to home, without having to brave I-70 traffic on the way to the mountains.