Carpenter Peak Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Roxborough State Park near Roxborough, CO. It climbs 815 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,080 – 6,877 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.42856, -105.06737
Nearest town Roxborough, CO
Directions
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Carpenter Peak Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,079–6,877 ft
Out & Back · Roxborough State Park
Trailhead: 39.42856, -105.06737
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Willow Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Willow Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bear Canyon Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- Elk Valley Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 803 ft
- Elk Valley Trail–Powerline Trail - USFS 800, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,091 ft
- Carpenter Peak–Carpenter Peak Trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
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