Nowhere is safe even near Denver now. These are not metro towns, they are small mountain towns. There is also usually a yearly news piece about hiking by Nederland being unsafe because of the vagrant camps in the woods. Archive Link: https://archive.today/x3n33 From the post: "An sexual predator is targeting lone female hikers in the Conifer and Evergreen area, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JSCO) said Wednesday. Seven incidents have been reported of a man, sometimes naked, assaulting women on Jefferson County Open Space trails: six in Flying J Ranch Park near Conifer and one at Alderfer Three Sisters Park in Evergreen, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release. According to the Sheriff's Office, the man's behavior has become more aggressive with each incident:"