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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wind River South, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Glacier Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Storm Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Boulder Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Longs Peak Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Glacier Gorge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Wind River South, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto North Longs Peak Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Boulder Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Storm Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Glacier Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wind River South, heading NE.
- 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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