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Bear Valley Open Space

Bear Creek Trail–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Bear Creek Trail–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Carmody Estates, CO. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,440 – 5,778 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.67117, -105.11291
Nearest town Carmody Estates, CO
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Bear Creek Trail–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 5,439–5,779 ft

Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space

Trailhead: 39.67117, -105.11291

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & Morrison Rd stop 341 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading S.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miBear left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miReach Stone House Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading E.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  19. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading E.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Kipling Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  28. 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-trail-mount-carbon-loop-out-back-3-sights-7-km-63a1

Trail surface

67% dirt30% paved1% sand2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & Morrison Rd stop 341 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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