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Boulder Brook Trail–Glacier Creek Trail, 4 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. It climbs 3,060 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,006 – 10,315 ft · steepest grade: 27%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33608, -105.56755
Nearest town Beaver Point, CO

Directions

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Boulder Brook Trail–Glacier Creek Trail, 4 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 3,060 ft · 6 hr 26 min

Elevation 8,007–10,314 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park

Trailhead: 40.33608, -105.56755

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wind River South, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Glacier Creek Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right onto Storm Pass Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Boulder Brook Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto North Longs Peak Trail, heading S.
  12. 2.2 miBear left onto Glacier Gorge Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftReach Wind River South, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto North Longs Peak Trail, heading W.
  15. 2.2 miBear left onto Boulder Brook Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 1.8 miTurn right onto Storm Pass Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Glacier Creek Trail, heading N.
  19. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left onto Wind River South, heading NE.
  25. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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