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Arapaho National Forest

Blue Sky Connector–Boot Camp, 9 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 1,427 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Blue Sky Connector–Boot Camp, 9 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Winter Park, CO. It climbs 1,427 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,947 – 9,371 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Boulevard 39.88761, -105.76473
Nearest town Winter Park, CO
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Blue Sky Connector–Boot Camp, 9 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 1,427 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Elevation 8,949–9,370 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Lower Boulevard · 39.88761, -105.76473

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: Winter Park Resort stop 145 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower Boulevard, heading S.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beeall Ucanb, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Green World, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tunnel Hill, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left onto Serenity Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Cherokee, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right onto Twin Bridges, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading SW.
  11. 400 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Take D' Leap, heading W.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto D-4 Trail, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Take D' Leap, heading SW.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blue Sky Connector, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miReach Lower Boulevard, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Take D' Leap, heading NW.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto D-4 Trail, heading E.
  21. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lower Take D' Leap, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Twin Bridges, heading E.
  25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NE.
  26. 400 ftBear left onto Twin Bridges, heading N.
  27. 250 ftTurn left onto Ice Hill, heading SE.
  28. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Serenity Trail, heading E.
  29. 1.4 miSharp right onto Tunnel Hill, heading SE.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lower Green World, heading E.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beeall Ucanb, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Boulevard, heading SW.
  35. 350 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/blue-sky-connector-boot-camp-out-back-9-sights-17-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Winter Park Resort stop 145 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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