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Bear Canyon Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Roxborough State Park near Roxborough, CO. It climbs 585 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,155 – 6,762 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.42856, -105.06737
Nearest town Roxborough, CO

Directions

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Bear Canyon Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,156–6,763 ft

Out & Back · Roxborough State Park

Trailhead: 39.42856, -105.06737

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Bear Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.2 miReach Willow Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.2 miSharp right onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 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

94% dirt6% paved

Weather

OvercastTemperature 88°F66°
Precip12%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 87°69° 15%
Sun 85°61° 21%
Mon 87°63° 29%
Tue 86°58° 39%
Wed 79°57° 41%
Thu 88°59° 35%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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