Everybody who's lived in or visited Ft. Collins has seen Horsetooth Rock. It is a very prominent landmark visible from anywhere in the Ft. Collins area. Horsetooth Mountain, towers 7,300 ft. Its rocky, rugged slopes provide a nursery for cactus, rabbitbrush and shortgrass, with stands of Ponderosa pines on the northern slopes. The trail head is only 15 minutes from our house. It was a beautiful morning so we strapped on our boots and hedded for the Mountain. It was beautiful to see the sun rising over us as we hiked. When we got to the top we looked West and could see the whole front range mountains. If we looked East we could see all the city's that covered the nearby areas.