Big Dry Pond #1 via Big Dry Creek Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 42 min
Big Dry Pond #1 via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in West Big Dry Natural Area near Carriage Club, CO. The route reaches Big Dry Pond #1 at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Dry Pond #1 via Big Dry Creek Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 42 min
Elevation 5,883–5,943 ft
Out & Back · West Big Dry Natural Area
Trailhead: 39.53362, -104.92045
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 63° · precip 16% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Grand View Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Big Dry Pond #1, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Grand View Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Grand View Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 141 ft
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