Audra Culver Trail–Horsetooth Rock Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It climbs 983 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,748 – 6,756 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Cliff Road 40.52264, -105.18166
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
Directions
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Audra Culver Trail–Horsetooth Rock Trail, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 983 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 5,750–6,757 ft
Out & Back · Horsetooth Mountain Open Space
Trailhead: Red Cliff Road · 40.52264, -105.18166
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 66° · precip 5% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Cliff Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto South Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Audra Culver Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Red Cliff Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 91°F66°
Precip5%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity30%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun
87°61°
Mon
88°67°
15%
Tue
86°59°
20%
Wed
88°60°
22%
Thu
83°64°
18%
Fri
90°59°
18%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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