Big Soda Lake–Bear Creek Lake, 3 lakes
2.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Big Soda Lake–Bear Creek Lake, 3 lakes is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. The route passes Bear Creek Lake before reaching Big Soda Lake at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Soda Lake–Bear Creek Lake, 3 lakes
2.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,570–5,696 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: Cottonwood Trail · 39.64948, -105.14820
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cottonwood Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bear Creek Lake.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cottonwood Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Fitness Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto C-470 Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftReach Big Soda Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fitness Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Cottonwood Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cottonwood Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cottonwood Trail Trailhead
- Cottonwood Trail–Fitness Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Bear Creek Trail–Cottonwood Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Cottonwood Trail–Morrison Road Sidepath, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 173 ft
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