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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

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