Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint & Fossil Creek Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint & Fossil Creek Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. The route reaches Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint & Fossil Creek Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,004–5,192 ft
Out & Back · Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.54080, -105.12813
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 93°F / low 59° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Spring Cr, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading S.
- 3.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftReach Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 3.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Cr, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Foothills Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Foothills Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 173 ft
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