Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Boulder Valley Ranch Pond & North Rim Trail
4 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Boulder Valley Ranch Pond & North Rim Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Altona, CO. The route reaches Boulder Valley Ranch Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 118 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Boulder Valley Ranch Pond & North Rim Trail
4 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,222–5,310 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 40.09803, -105.24611
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 91°F / low 59° · precip 7% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start on North Rim Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Sage Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Boulder Valley Ranch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto North Rim Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Boulder Valley Ranch Pond–Eagle Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- North Rim Trail–Sage Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Loukonen Brothers Reservoir–North Rim Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Cobalt Trail–North Rim Trail, 4 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 421 ft
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