Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Beaver Brook Trail, 3 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park near Spring Ranch, CO. The route passes Beaver Brook Viewpoint and Beaver Brook Viewpoint before reaching Beaver Brook Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 4,014 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,549 – 7,786 ft · steepest grade: 31%16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Stapleton Drive 39.71681, -105.31504
Nearest town Spring Ranch, CO
Directions
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Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Beaver Brook Trail, 3 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 4,014 ft · 7 hr 14 min
Elevation 6,549–7,785 ft
Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park
Trailhead: Stapleton Drive · 39.71681, -105.31504
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Braille Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chavez Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miPass Beaver Brook Viewpoint.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gudy Gaskill Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 2.5 miPass Beaver Brook Viewpoint.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Beaver Brook Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.8 miContinue straight onto Gudy Gaskill Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Chavez Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Braille Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% gravel
Weather
OvercastTemperature 84°F58°
Precip10%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
83°61°
Sun
81°59°
28%
Mon
79°59°
50%
Tue
77°56°
41%
Wed
77°55°
42%
Thu
82°56°
40%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Stapleton Drive Trailhead
- Chavez Trail 3 mi · ▲ 859 ft
- Chavez Viewpoint Loop via Beaver Brook Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 920 ft
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