Blue Sky Trail & Laughing Horse Loop
3.8 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Blue Sky Trail & Laughing Horse Loop is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Devils Backbone Open Space near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It climbs 351 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue Sky Trail & Laughing Horse Loop
3.8 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 5,337–5,528 ft
Out & Back · Devils Backbone Open Space
Trailhead: Blue Sky Trail · 40.45771, -105.15406
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 5% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Blue Sky Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Laughing Horse Loop, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Hunter Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Blue Sky Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Laughing Horse Loop, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Blue Sky Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 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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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from Blue Sky Trail Trailhead
- Indian Creek Road & Indian Summer Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 451 ft
- Blue Sky Trail–Hidden Valley Trail, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 569 ft
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