Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Bear Canyon - NCAR Trail–Four Pines Trail, 3 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,144 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Bear Canyon - NCAR Trail–Four Pines Trail, 3 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. It climbs 1,144 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bear Canyon - NCAR Trail–Four Pines Trail, 3 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,144 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 5,563–6,275 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.99293, -105.27033
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Four Pines Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto The Regency climbing access Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Bear Canyon - NCAR Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Four Pines Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto The Regency climbing access Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Four Pines Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Four Pines Trail–Kohler Mesa Trail, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 736 ft
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