Bear Creek Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop
4.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Bear Creek Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,620 – 5,804 ft5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64619, -105.15552
Nearest town Spring Hill, CO
Directions
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Bear Creek Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop
4.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 5,621–5,804 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: 39.64619, -105.15552
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 7% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Owl Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto C-470 Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 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
47% dirt34% paved3% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 92°F62°
Feels like80°Precip7%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
91°67°
Sun
91°64°
Mon
90°74°
36%
Tue
88°67°
32%
Wed
86°65°
38%
Thu
90°66°
34%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bear Creek Lake–Connector Trail Loop, 3 sights 1.4 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- C-470 Trail & Cowen Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- C-470 Trail & Cowen Trail Loop via Mount Carbon Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- North Park Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 146 ft
- Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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