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Amphitheater Trail–Bluebell Hiking Trail, 7 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 1,374 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,794 – 6,332 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crown Rock 40.00182, -105.29699
Nearest town Seven Hills, CO

Directions

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Amphitheater Trail–Bluebell Hiking Trail, 7 sights

4 mi · ▲ 1,374 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 5,793–6,331 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: Crown Rock · 40.00182, -105.29699

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 66° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Crown Rock, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading S.
  8. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Royal Arch Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading W.
  20. 50 ftReach Saddle Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  27. 100 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading N.
  28. 450 ftContinue straight onto Royal Arch Trail, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading W.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chautauqua Trail, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NW.
  34. 0.4 miTurn right onto Amphitheater Trail, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading N.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading N.
  37. 500 ftSharp right onto Crown Rock, heading NW.
  38. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

74% dirt4% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 86°F66°
Precip6%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 85°69°
Sun 81°58° 29%
Mon 82°62° 44%
Tue 79°57° 27%
Wed 78°56° 33%
Thu 86°60° 34%

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