1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 150 ftTurn right onto Lodgepole Drive, heading S.
3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
4. 200 ftSharp left onto West Valley Trail, heading E.
5. 1.1 miTurn left onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading SE.
6. 50 ftTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading S.
7. 1.1 miSharp left onto Aurthurs Rock / West Valley Trail, heading S.
8. 250 ftTurn right onto South Valley Loop, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miBear right onto Mill Creek Link Trail, heading S.
10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill Creek Trail, heading W.
11. 1 miTurn right onto Loggers Trail, heading S.
12. 0.7 miSharp right onto Carey Springs Trail, heading W.
13. 0.5 miBear left onto Towers Trail, heading SW.
14. 450 ftSharp right onto Spring Creek - Towers Connector, heading S.
15. 0.1 miSharp left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading SE.
16. 0.8 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading S.
17. 50 ftTurn left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading SW.
18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Soderberg Trail, heading SW.
19. 0.5 miTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading W.
20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading SE.
22. 0.5 miTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SW.
23. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading S.
24. 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
25. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Cliff Road, heading S.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
27. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading S.
28. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
29. 50 ftReach West Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
30. 100 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Cliff Road, heading S.
32. 50 ftTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
33. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading SE.
34. 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading E.
35. 50 ftTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading E.
36. 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
37. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading E.
38. 0.2 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading N.
39. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
40. 50 ftTurn right onto Soderberg Trail, heading N.
41. 50 ftTurn right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
42. 0.8 miSharp right onto Spring Creek - Towers Connector, heading N.
43. 0.1 miSharp left onto Towers Trail, heading N.
44. 450 ftBear right onto Carey Springs Trail, heading N.
45. 0.5 miSharp left onto Loggers Trail, heading NW.
46. 0.7 miTurn left onto Mill Creek Trail, heading E.
47. 1 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Link Trail, heading NW.
48. 0.4 miBear left onto South Valley Loop, heading E.
49. 0.1 miTurn left onto Aurthurs Rock / West Valley Trail, heading NE.
50. 250 ftSharp right onto West Valley Trail, heading E.
51. 1.1 miTurn left onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading N.
52. 50 ftTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading N.
53. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
54. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
55. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lodgepole Drive, heading N.
56. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
57. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/carey-springs-trail-horsetooth-rock-trail-out-back-8-sights