Baseline Trail–Bluebell Hiking Trail, 4 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. It climbs 936 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,702 – 6,158 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.98619, -105.27219
Nearest town Boulder, CO
Directions
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Baseline Trail–Bluebell Hiking Trail, 4 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 936 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 5,702–6,159 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.98619, -105.27219
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 66° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skunk Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Canyon, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chautauqua Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Baseline Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Skunk Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Skunk Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 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
92% dirt1% paved7% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 91°F66°
Precip8%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity25%
Rained 0.3″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun
88°64°
23%
Mon
86°66°
34%
Tue
87°59°
28%
Wed
89°59°
31%
Thu
90°65°
29%
Fri
91°59°
22%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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