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Bear Valley Open Space

Bear Creek Lake–Stone House Lake, 4 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Bear Creek Lake–Stone House Lake, 4 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Westgate, CO. The route passes Stone House Lake and Bear Creek Lake before reaching Bear Creek Lake at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 582 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,407 – 5,781 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail 39.66543, -105.09644
Nearest town Westgate, CO
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Bear Creek Lake–Stone House Lake, 4 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 5,408–5,779 ft

Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space

Trailhead: Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail · 39.66543, -105.09644

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Stone House Lake.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stone House Trail, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  19. 1 miBear left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  23. 0.7 miBear right onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miPass Bear Creek Lake.
  25. 0.6 miPass Bear Creek Lake.
  26. 150 ftBear right onto Cottonwood Trail, heading SW.
  27. 250 ftBear right onto Connector Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 200 ftReach Bear Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.2 miBear left onto Cottonwood Trail, heading W.
  31. 250 ftBear left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  32. 0.7 miBear left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  33. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading E.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading SE.
  37. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  38. 0.9 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading N.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
  40. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  41. 50 ftBear left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading N.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  43. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
  44. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  46. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  47. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  48. 200 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
  49. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  50. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  51. 150 ftTurn right onto Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  52. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-lake-bear-creek-lake-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

93% dirt3% gravel3% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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