Reaching the Cutler Mountain Trail: From downtown I took Cimarron, which turns into 24, and then turned left onto 18th St. Then I went down a bit of a ways and turned left on Cheyenne Boulevard. (Note: Cheyenne Blvd. parallels with Cheyenne Road, which might end up confusing, but it doesn't look like too much trouble can come from picking one over the other, and usually there are signs warning you of this city planning oddity).
Cheyenne Boulevard leads you to the Starsmore Discovery Center -a charming little place, across from a large parking lot, which might be a good place to check out. However, it closes at 2pm, so I missed it. Plan to go back though for maps, schwag (a patch?!), and some good chat.
The trailhead for Mount Cutler is clearly marked by a large blue sign (see photo below) and so is really easy to find. For your purposes, directions can stop here.
However, I was exploring so I decided to continue up Cheyenne Boulevard. At a prominent hairpin, you will find Helen Hunt Falls. This is basically just a step out of the car deal, though there is a little hut there that I may remember at some point going in, but whatever it is was closed when I got there in the afternoon. See the falls, read the sign (see photos below). The Atlas talks about a trail near Helen Hunt Falls that ascends Daniels Pass.
I then continued a little bit up past Helen Hunt Falls and reached the Gold Camp Road 4-Way (32 on the Atlas). This was an enlightening discovery, because when I first moved to the Springs, as you can read about in the Saint Mary's Falls post, I not only had problems finding the Saint Mary's Trailhead but also even finding the road that goes up there. I think I haphazardly ended up on Cheyenne Boulevard one or two times so it was nice to make this discovery in association with knowing where I was in the world. Anyway, this is one access point to the 4-way, others described in that post.
Stats/Trail: I wanted to check this trail out because the Atlas mentioned that it was an "easy moonrise walk overlooking Seven Falls and the Broadmoor." Moonrise?!?! -did you say? So I wanted to have this one in my pocket to pull out one full moon night to hike with my true love. It is, in fact, a very easy trail. The trail is wide and flat and rockless. On a moonlit night it would be well lit and very easy to see your way around. And the view from the top is very nice. So, wait to the full moon and go howl. I would say it was 2 miles roundtrip, aka very short and easily do-able. This trail closes at 9 pm from Nov 1 -May 1, and then at 11 pm from May 1 - Nov 1, so plan accordingly.
Other options from this route: The Atlas's paragraph for 31 is a bit of a jumble. If you read closely, there are 4 other trail options off of Cheyenne Boulevard. I have checked only this one out so I can't vouch for them but I hope to in the future.
1) There is a very clear trailhead area for Stratton Open Space. Big sign and lots of parking. This looks like it would be a good post-work, short term, easy hike.
2) You can access the Columbine Trail, which the Atlas says is very beautiful (but seems to parallel the road a lot) at many points -in fact, its divided into the Lower, Middle, and Upper Columbine.
3) The Cutler Trail apparently provides an option to hike Muscoco Mountain from the west.
4) Then there's the Daniels Pass trail .5 miles below Helen Hunt Falls, apparently.
Here is the Gold Camp Road 4-Way, from Cheyenne Blvd. High Drive is closed, road straight ahead is Lower Gold Camp.
Here is the hairpin turn with Helen Hunt Falls, don't know what Bruin Inn is, also not sure if that little hut is a visitor's center.
Here is some history of Helen Hunt Falls, with, apparently, another little trail not mentioned above.
The falls in all their roadside glory.
Sign for Mt. Cutler trail.
Look at that wide open, beautifully easy trail
It was a rainy afternoon but views still beautiful
Something is down there -a mine?
View towards the Springs from the top