Boulder Creek Path–Goat Path Trail, 5 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 1,453 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,414 – 5,985 ft · steepest grade: 25%6.5 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, 5 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,453 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 5,414–5,985 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 40.01329, -105.31005
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Boulder Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Arapahoe Avenue, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Path, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Goat Path Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Boulder Creek Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Arapahoe Avenue, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Boulder Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 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
35% dirt34% gravel26% paved5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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