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CDOT, state parks preparing for heavy influx of leaf peepers
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September 24, 2023
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2:11Now PlayingAs the Colorado weather turns, so too do the leaves.
"I do, I love the turning of the leaves in our beautiful mountains," said Colorado Department of Transportation spokesperson Tamara Rollison.
“It is my favorite time of the year," said Todd Farrow, park manager at Golden Gate Canyon State Park. "I love to see all the people out in the park and it is obviously beautiful, I understand why they come."
The changing colors draw people in.
“Well, I think this weekend specifically today was kind of the start of our busy season, we call it leaf peeping," Farrow said.
As the mountains glimmer with gold, Farrow and the staff at Golden Gate Canyon State Park get ready for their busiest time of the year. Over the next five weeks, he said they'll welcome about 300,000 visitors to the park.
“We do get overwhelmed by the number of people and visitors," Farrow said. "Everybody just wants to come up and enjoy the colors and people can get frustrated when they don’t have a place to park or drive around looking for a parking spot. It’s kind of like Black Friday at the mall."
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