Dinosaur Ridge
Dinosaur Ridge is a National Natural Landmark about three miles from Gibson Consulting's former office. The site is on the Dakota Hogback west of Denver, held up by east-dipping Cretaceous sandstones underlain by the Jurassic Morrison Formation. The location is most famous for excellent dinosaur footprints in well-exposed trackways (including many uncovered by 1995 excavations). The image below is not from Dinosaur Ridge, but is similar to some of the prints exposed there.
A self-guiding series of stops along Alameda Parkway is marked by signs installed by the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, which organizes several "open ridge" days each year, when volunteers provide information to the public. Many private tours are also guided by the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, which now has a visitor center at 16831 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO. 
For more information, contact Karen Hester, tour director (303) 697-DINO. Publications, including a guidebook to Dinosaur Ridge and Gibson Consulting's book-calendar, History of the Earth, and souvenirs are available at the Visitor Center.
The locality displays outstanding ripple marks in the sandstone, and probable dinosaur footprint cross-sections on the west side of the hogback, in the Morrison Formation. The nearby town of Morrison has many interesting antique shops and Dick Gibson's favorite Mexican restaurant, the Morrison Inn. The Dakota Hogback Trail winds its way across the Alameda roadcuts. This is a popular hiking and mountain-biking trail.
All of the classic Jurassic dinosaur skeletons were originally discovered in the Morrison Formation on Dinosaur Ridge. The old quarries are abondoned now, but the original Stegosaurus (state fossil of Colorado) was recently returned to the Morrison Natural History Museum (located south of town).
