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Windy Saddle Park

Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Clear Creek, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 3,230 ft · 6 hr 39 min

Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Clear Creek, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Windy Saddle Park near Golden, CO. The route passes Clear Creek and Beaver Brook Viewpoint before reaching Beaver Brook Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 3,230 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,693 – 7,786 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gateway Trailhead 39.75368, -105.23882
Nearest town Golden, CO
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Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Clear Creek, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 3,230 ft · 6 hr 39 min

Elevation 5,692–7,785 ft

Out & Back · Windy Saddle Park

Trailhead: Gateway Trailhead · 39.75368, -105.23882

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Clear Creek.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto US 6 Trail, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Chimney Gulch Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.2 miPass Beaver Brook Viewpoint.
  10. 2.6 miContinue straight onto Gudy Gaskill Trail, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.7 miReach Beaver Brook Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gudy Gaskill Trail, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading NE.
  17. 2.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 1.2 miTurn right onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Chimney Gulch Trail, heading NE.
  20. 1.5 miBear right, heading E.
  21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto US 6 Trail, heading N.
  22. 200 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  23. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 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/beaver-brook-viewpoint-beaver-brook-viewpoint-out-back-7-sights-25-km-1085

Trail surface

96% dirt3% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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