Maze of the Week #88 is my first maze of an outdoor amphitheater, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. This is another maze that I abandoned at one time, then went back and revised. It is also my 5th maze from Colorado (the other 4 links are below).

Photos: You can find many different wonderful photos of the amphitheatre, and depending on the time of day and the sun/clouds the colors of the red rocks change color tones. This photo is from flickr, DragonWoman

Red Rocks Amphitheater, flickr, DragonWoman — Red Rocks Amphitheater, flickr, ***DragonWoman***

YouTube: Just a wonderful setting to see anything as shown in this video !

The Maze: Originally this maze was abandoned and made my list of mistakes in maze making. You can read about those mazes here:

Why I abandoned these 10 mazes - Mistakes in Maze making

Then I went back and made it into another case study, which you can read about here. Here is the final maze, in color and using a hand drawn construction.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze be made and solved !!!

If you like mazes of Colorado things you might like these:

Colorado Welcome Sign Maze

Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde Maze

Blue Mustang Sculpture Maze (blucifer)

US Air Force Cadet Chapel Maze

Coming these next few weeks: Mazes with case studies !

Tiki Totem Maze

El Danzante Conchero Chichimeca Maze (last week)

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Maze (this one)

A maze of a sign

A maze of ruins

We return to a landscape maze of sorts this week, featuring the Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez, Colorado, also known as the Cliff Palace. This is our 2nd maze from Colorado after the Blue Mustang from Denver Airport. The maze is a draw and cut construction, with the natural shape of the dwellings lending themselves to a maze. I would also mention that this maze is more difficult than many I have made, so if attempt it, good luck ! I made only 1 version of this maze. It is featured this week because it was established as a National Park on June 29, 1906.

Some information about Mesa Verde National Park

It is the largest archeological preserve in the United States and features hundreds of cliff dwellings. In addition to being a National Park it is also a World Heritage Site. You can read about the portion of the park I mazed, Cliff Palace, here. You can find many videos on the park but this is my favorite.

The maze:

In color. The spacing of the pathways in the maze is very narrow. Because it is a landscape I also went with a full page maze where the landscape continues off the page in all directions.

Cliff Dwelling Mesa Verde National Park Maze — Mesa Verde National Park Cliff Palace Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download and solution is available on the webpage.

Coming next week:

A special maze to celebrate of Independence Day !