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Bear Valley Open Space

Bear Creek Trail via Stone House Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Bear Creek Trail via Stone House Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Carmody Estates, CO. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,453 – 5,561 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.66096, -105.11493
Nearest town Carmody Estates, CO
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Bear Creek Trail via Stone House Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 5,454–5,562 ft

Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space

Trailhead: 39.66096, -105.11493

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Dartmouth Ave stop 216 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading N.
  13. 100 ftReach Bear Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.7 miBear left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading SW.
  20. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 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-out-back-6-km-603b

Trail surface

51% paved48% dirt1% sand

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Dartmouth Ave stop 216 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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