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Boulder Creek Path–Goat Path Trail, 4 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 1,114 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,414 – 6,034 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.01329, -105.31005
Nearest town Seven Hills, CO

Directions

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Boulder Creek Path–Goat Path Trail, 4 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 5,414–6,032 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: 40.01329, -105.31005

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 68° · precip 8% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftSharp right onto Boulder Canyon Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Arapahoe Avenue, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Path, heading N.
  6. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading N.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading N.
  13. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 500 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Goat Path Trail, heading N.
  16. 100 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading N.
  17. 200 ftReach Boulder Creek Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 200 ftBear right onto Goat Path Trail, heading N.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 500 ftSharp left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading S.
  22. 250 ftBear right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftSharp right onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miBear right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 250 ftContinue straight onto Arapahoe Avenue, heading SW.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 100 ftBear right onto Boulder Canyon Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

43% gravel31% paved20% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F68°
Precip8%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity26%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sun 88°63° 24%
Mon 86°66° 31%
Tue 87°59° 30%
Wed 89°59° 31%
Thu 90°65° 29%
Fri 92°60° 23%

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