Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Boulder Creek Path & Sunshine Canyon Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Boulder Creek Path & Sunshine Canyon Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 582 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Boulder Creek Path & Sunshine Canyon Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,414–5,892 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Sunshine Canyon Trail · 40.02678, -105.31397
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 91°F / low 64° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start on Sunshine Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Arapahoe Avenue, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Sunshine Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Path, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sunshine Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Sunshine Canyon Trail Trailhead
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- Boulder Canyon Trail–Boulder Creek Path, 3 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 870 ft
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