April Nature Walk: Look for Turtlebacks on the Niwot Trail :

Can you actually see the backs of turtles in the dry, rolling hills of Boulder County? Yes — if you accept the unusual sandstone geologic formations called “turtlebacks” instead of aquatic creatures.

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